Article – BusinessDesk May 14 (BusinessDesk) – US president Barack Obama will try again to get US Senate backing for a vote on ‘fast-track’ authority that he hopes will smooth the way to a deal on the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade and investment pact, …
TPP to live again in US Senate, but Congress a higher hurdle Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk March 23 (BusinessDesk) – A long-awaited free trade agreement between New Zealand and South Korea has been signed in Seoul by Prime Minister John Key and the Korean president, Park Geun-hye.
NZ-Korea FTA signed amid spying, lost sovereignty claims Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Douglas Pharmaceuticals, New Zealands largest developer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, is targeting annual revenues of $244 million by 2020 from $145 million today as it diversifies and seeks higher risk, …
Douglas Pharmaceuticals diversifies in in growth quests Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 27 (BusinessDesk) – Prime Minister John Key says the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations could be wrapped up in the next six months and put in front of the various parliaments of the 12 nations spanning the Asia Pacific.
TPP talks could be wrapped up in first-half 2015, Key says Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand and South Korea have concluded a free-trade agreement that’s expected to cut into export tariffs in the nation’s sixth-largest export market that currently run to about $230 million a year.
UPDATE: NZ, South Korea conclude free-trade agreement Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand and South Korea have concluded a free-trade agreement that’s expected to cut into export tariffs in the nation’s sixth-largest export market that currently run to about $230 million a year.
RESEND: New Zealand, South Korea conclude free-trade accord Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand and South Korea have inked a free trade agreement following talks in Seoul last month, cutting tariffs for exporters to New Zealand’s fifth-largest trading partner.
New Zealand, South Korea sign free trade agreement, Key says Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) – The current rush of optimism among supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement that the troubled talks will land a deal in the first half of next year is optimistic and “a big ask,” says Simon Power, …
TPP conclusion in 2015 still ‘challenging’, says Power Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 26 (BusinessDesk) – Current dairy commodity prices are now well below “fair” expectations of price among global dairy producers, says Fonterra’s chief executive, Theo Spierings.
Dairy prices way below ‘fair’ value, must rebound: Spierings Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 15 (BusinessDesk) – Fugitive spying whistleblower Edward Snowden put in an appearance via the internet at tonight’s Internet Party Moment of Truth event to back up his claims that mass surveillance of New Zealanders is already taking place …
NSA whistleblower Snowden says kiwis are ‘being watched’ Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 8 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key expects the US federal government to start throwing its weight behind concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade and investment agreement once it gets past its mid-term Senate and …
PM Key sees more TPP traction after US mid-terms Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk July 21 (BusinessDesk) – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a step backwards to the days before the World Trade Organisation when the the US and Europe controlled the global trading system to the detriment of developing economies, says a former director-general …
TPP risks a weaker global trading system, says ex-WTO head Read More »
