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EU recovers appetite for trade in green industry push
31-Jan-2023 Reuters
The European Union is aiming to enact up to five trade deals in record time to ensure its future as a clean tech leader, by securing supplies of key raw materials, increasing markets for green exports and reducing its reliance on China.
New Zealand’s objectives for CPTPP
17-Jan-2023 NZ Herald
Powerful Asia-Pacific trade ministers are set to converge on Auckland at Matariki weekend for a meeting which host chair Damien O’Connor hopes will turn heads in protectionist-leaning Washington DC and Brussels.
NTW on IPEF for Brisbane 10 Dec 2022
12-Dec-2022 Ngā Toki Whakarururanga
Māori communities will be impacted upon by almost every pillar of IPEF. We will therefore be monitoring closely and exercising influence over all those elements.
Asean free trade agreement with Australia and New Zealand upgraded for times of crisis
22-Nov-2022 Business Times
ASEAN member states, Australia and New Zealand have substantially concluded negotiations to upgrade a free trade agreement (FTA), which will include new features to ensure the continued flow of essential goods during times of crisis.
The US-driven Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) for Prosperity: TPPA in drag or a vacuous vanity project?
16-Nov-2022 Foreign Control Watchdog
When the US launches a high level and concerted re-branding exercise, something big is happening. The latest target is the “Asia-Pacific” region, now to be known as the “Indo-Pacific”.
New Zealand, the ‘Saudi Arabia of milk,’ pushes Canada to live up to trade obligation
15-Nov-2022 The Globe and Mail
New Zealand’s Agriculture Minister has formally requested a binding dispute-settlement panel to resolve the dairy tiff with Canada under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
China’s bid to join digital economy pact hinges on clarification of data laws, experts say
7-Nov-2022 South China Morning Post
A special task force has been set up to negotiate China’s membership application for the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement but Beijing must clarify data laws if it wants to negotiate carve-outs that allow it to maintain digital sovereignty, experts say.
’Locked out of the Canadian market’: Dairy dispute with Canada takes another step
7-Nov-2022 Stuff
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern raised concerns Canada was breaking its promises on dairy imports under a trans-Pacific free trade agreement directly with her counterpart Justin Trudeau before escalating the issue.
Latin America trade deal: NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hints at progress
3-Nov-2022 NZ Herald
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has hinted at progress in the Government’s longstanding efforts to negotiate a free trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance, a group comprising Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile.
New Zealand and India call off free trade agreement talks
7-Oct-2022 Indian Newslink
New Zealand and India formally announced today an end to their talks on a free trade agreement, concentrating instead on ‘business relationship.’
Strengthening trade links with our South-East Asian partners
20-Sep-2022 Mirage News
ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand have progressed negotiations to upgrade the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA).
Primary industry reps to visit India with hopes of trade deals}
13-Sep-2022 RNZ
Primary industry leaders will be among a trade delegation travelling to India to reignite business to business relationships.
EU-NZ trade agreement ’by no means a done deal’
29-Aug-2022 RNZ
"It is by no means a done deal ... there’s going to be a huge diplomatic effort to push this across the line," - NZ’s chief EU trade negotiator Vangelis Vitalis.
State of play in EU trade policy
23-Aug-2022 Euractiv
After a slow year, the EU’s free trade agenda is picking up speed under the Czech EU Council presidency. Nevertheless, more momentum still seems to be on the unilateral trade measures currently being negotiated in the bloc.
Activists warn about pesticide use on Indian farms as FTA deadline looms
23-Aug-2022 The Grocer
The UK government should ensure any free trade agreement with agriculture giant India does not allow pesticide-tainted food to be exported to the UK, activists have said.
Te Pāti Māori to oppose UK free trade deal
26-Jul-2022 Scoop
Te Pāti Māori will oppose the United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Legislation Bill, a trade deal which shut Māori out of negotiations, and that fails to protect Māori rights and interests.
EU-New Zealand FTA text (Jul 2022)
11-Jul-2022 European Commission
On the trade deal with the Europeans
11-Jul-2022 Scoop
The official EU commentary on the deal mentions (a) the wider political ties that New Zealand has with Europe, and (b) NZ’s welcoming mat to Europe’s foreign investors.
EU FTA & Tiriti O Waitangi: “More of the same”
4-Jul-2022 Scoop
The free trade agreement between New Zealand and the European Union fails to meet the standards we expect of the government under Te Tiriti o Waitangi in terms of both process and outcome.
Government: Cut the spin and give a truthful assessment of the EU deal
1-Jul-2022 Scoop
There is much more at stake here than just agriculture, with several chapters seeming to impose restrictions on New Zealand laws and how the government can regulate.