Article – BusinessDesk Feb. 4 (BusinessDesk) – TPP is a big deal, literally, said Prime Minister John Key at the formal signing ceremony in Auckland today involving the 12 Pacific Rim nations party to the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement which has …
Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 31 (BusinessDesk) – A Labour Party-led would institute a policy of free tertiary education for up to three years for any New Zealander who has not previously studied past the end of secondary school, its leader, Andrew Little, announced today in a …
Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 27 (BusinessDesk) – An American campaigner against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement is asking “why does New Zealand have its pants on fire” to pass legislation implementing the deal when there is no guarantee …
Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 26 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand government has published a 277-page assessment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement, concluding it is in the national interest, protects Maori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi, and …
Article – BusinessDesk More for NZ than US in TPP, says World Bank study, as MFAT confirms NZ signing ceremony
Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 7 (BusinessDesk) – The director of Chile’s economic relations bureau has said New Zealand will host the signing ceremony for the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership next month. A second country, Peru, has told Bloomberg that its Deputy Trade Minister …
Article – BusinessDesk Dec. 24 (BusinessDesk) – For New Zealand’s rock-star economy, 2015 delivered a unique set of challenges – prices of the biggest export, dairy products, fell to a six-year low, house prices in the largest city of Auckland rose to an all-time high, migrants …
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) – Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, plans to sell its stake in the DairiConcepts ingredients joint venture with Dairy Farmers of America for some $196 million, after deciding it didn’t fit the company’s …
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) – The foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee is likely to start public hearings on the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and associated National Interest Assessment soon after governments sign the accord, expected …
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 6 (BusinessDesk) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and its 11 counterparts in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact have agreed to avoid unfair currency manipulation as part of a regionwide push for greater cooperation, adopting …
Article – BusinessDesk TPP document shows net benefit for countries such as NZ dominated by SMEs, Ballingall says
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Americans were the largest investors in New Zealand dairy farms in 2013 and 2014, according to analysis of Overseas Investment Office decisions by KPMG.
