As the 12-nation trade deal negotiations enter the final stretch, Mr Key said New Zealand was gaining some support on its demands for the dairy industry.

Playing the TPP soft cop cannot be allowed to blind Groser and his senior negotiators to NZ's own interests.

The Labour Party says the undermining of Pharmac in the Trans Pacific Partnership breaches one of its bottom lines on the trade deal.

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.

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.

ExportNZ's Dialogue article in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks failed to come to grips with the issues that matter.

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.

"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.

Itell my students that my initial enthusiasm for economics was sparked by the most attractive female teacher at my school. Unfortunately they will need to find other reasons for enjoying the subject.

Shinzo Abe didn't quite throw his weight around when he met John Key at Government House in Auckland this week.