Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 15 (BusinessDesk) – The European Commission will seek a mandate to start negotiating free trade agreements with New Zealand and Australia as the executive body for the European Union as the region launches a new trade strategy.
Europeans to seek mandate for FTA talks with NZ, Australia Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Groser’s ‘blanket approach’ in turning down Kelsey’s OIA requests on TPPA not lawful, court rules
Groser’s ‘blanket approach’ in turning down OIA not lawful Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 9 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand will still be able to make its foreign investment rules “more restrictive” under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade guidance note, opening up a way for the …
Further land sale restrictions possible under TPP Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares rose after agreement was reached on the Trans Pacific Partnership deal. Xero, SkyCity Entertainment Group and Fletcher Building gained.
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise on TPP; SkyCity gains Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – Senior Labour Party politicians are waiting for the detail of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact before declaring whether it breaches any of the five “bottom lines” the party says the TPP must …
Labour says jury’s out on supporting TPP Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – Business lobbies, wine growers and the country’s meat sector have welcomed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement, which left Fonterra Cooperative Group cold after prolonged negotiations wrung only small, …
Business lobbies, wine growers, meat sector welcome TPP Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand government faces a tough job defending the outcome of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement, in which it gained limited new access into the highly protected dairy markets of the US, Canada, …
Fonterra ‘very disappointed’ with limited TPP dairy deal Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – Twelve Pacific Rim nations have reached a deal on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership in the American city of Atlanta, ending more than five years of negotiations to create the largest trade and investment pact since the Uruguay …
TPP deal gives limited win for NZ dairy Read More »
Speech – BusinessDesk Oct. 5 (BusinessDesk) – Intensive negotiations are going on into the late evening in Atlanta, Georgia, as trade ministers from the 12 nations seek to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact, seven years after talks first …
Atlanta TPP talks head into the night Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Trade Minister Tim Groser will attend a meeting of trade ministers in Atlanta, Georgia, where negotiations are attempting to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact.
Groser confirmed for Atlanta TPP talks as dairy deal hots up Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) – Ministers cannot make blanket refusals to release documents under the Official Information Act without reviewing them first or by arguing the only information that could be made public would be anodyne, the High Court …
TPP activists claim refusal to release texts ‘unlawful’ Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) – News media in the US and Canada are reporting signs of a deal coming together on access for dairy products into North America as trade ministers gather in Atlanta, Georgia, for the latest round of talks attempting to conclude …
Signs of dairy movement as TPP negotiators meet in Atlanta Read More »
