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John Key admits downside to Trans Pacific Partnership but says this is unlikely to affect consumers.
John Key admits downside to Trans Pacific Partnership but says this is unlikely to affect consumers.
The final negotiations of the TPP trade deal will take place this week. PM John Key said there would be "give and take", but he remained confident in the deal.
Gay Keating explains why the Trade Minister's assurances on Pharmac don't go far enough.
Chile's no-nonsense stance on contentious trade deal sets an example for New Zealand, writes Jane Kelsey.
A local academic says a massive leak of documents shows New Zealand has adopted an "extreme" position in international trade discussions.
New Zealand and Vietnam aim to double trade to around $2.2 billion by 2020. The target announced yesterday was part of an accord between the two countries.
The rise of the Chinese economy over the past 20 years has been transformational for New Zealand, writes Bernard Doyle.
An alarming decline in food production at British farms will leave shoppers at the mercy of prices and quality elsewhere in the world, warns a UK farming report.
Global lambskin prices have collapsed from the first quarter's record highs, as a Chinese crackdown on polluting tanneries and Russian trade sanctions sapped demand.
Both Prime Minister John Key and Opposition leader Andrew Little want to press visiting President Xi Jinping for Chinese investment that benefits New Zealand.
Sitting around the big table in Brisbane this weekend, the 20 leaders should take a good refreshing breath of the Pacific air, and drink plenty of the water.
This year's Apec has been as much a security summit for Prime Minister John Key as a trade and economic summit.
Thousands of New Zealanders rallied in the streets against a contentious trade agreement.
"Certification" seems a benign enough word. But it hides an extraordinary power that the United States is expected to assert if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is concluded.