Ports of Auckland posted a 9.5 percent increase in first-half profit as the country's third-biggest port slashed its maintenance bill.

NZ Trade and Enterprise has released a new set of guidelines for doing business with post-sanctions Iran.

Threats to tear up Trans-Pacific Partnership have damaging implications for our trade.

Magali Silva says small countries need to enter mega-regional agreements to thrive, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Fierce debate that surrounded the TPP signing will move to Parliament today as the Government starts the process to ratify the huge trade deal

United States Trade Representative Mike Froman has rolled out a welcome mat to newbie ambassador to the US, Tim Groser.

Music sensation Stan Walker has spoken out against supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Free study far easier to boast about than secretive trade deal that prioritises multinationals.

Benefits from tariff cuts under the TPP trade pact will amount to a mere $40 a year for every New Zealander, writes Tim Hazledine.

Business and industry group leaders have lent their support to the TPP free trade agreement in an open letter to Prime Minister John Key.

Asia's biggest economy looks to limit manufacturers to three labels and impose stricter safety procedures.

Some Maori business leaders say there are risks with the TPP, but people should look at it again to see the benefits it offers for the Maori economy.

Former MP Hone Harawira has stated some complete falsehoods about Trans Pacific Partnership, Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi, wirtes Charles Finny.

In an open letter to Andrew Little, Stephen Jacobi argues Labour should take closer look at the TPP deal.

Trade liberalisation is an ongoing process and there is still much for NZ to aim for.

Here's what the international media think of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The Government is eyeing up surplus Crown land to boost Auckland's chronic land supply shortage.

The release comes two weeks earlier than expected in a bid to counter opposition.

Local fund managers are not pushing the panic button despite plunging world sharemarkets and plummeting oil prices.

Prime Minister John Key says he will promote the merits of the TPP free trade agreement on the lower marae at Waitangi.

Sky City's been named as the location for Asia Pacific trade ministers to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership deal on February 4.

There are two different flavors of "supply side" economics.

New research has revealed a gloomy outlook among chief executives, particularly about growing geopolitical risks.

It won't be business as usual for Iranian oil exporters. Much has happened since sanctions were tightened.

The New Zealand forestry unit of Japan's Oji Group plans to invest $23 million to consolidate and expand capacity at its sawmilling and drying facilities in Otago.

Global shares retreated for a fifth day, poised for their biggest weekly decline since 2011.

Slower growth, lower returns, and more ups and downs could all form part of the investment roadmap for 2016, writes Mark Lister.

The number of people who oppose the TPP has gone down since the deal was concluded in October and the number supporting it has risen.

China cemented its position as New Zealand's top export destination in November.

Dairy prices finished the year on a slightly firmer note at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index gaining by just 1.9 per cent.