Topsy-turvy weather in Brazil is pushing up the cost of commodities in your breakfast drink.

New Zealand's trade deficit widened to the biggest monthly gap since September 2014 as dairy and meat exports slumped in August.

If the US turns inward and protectionist under its next President, trading countries will look elsewhere for global progress.

Comment: Time is ripe for New Zealand Steel to leverage off "possibly the most valuable iron in the world".

COMMENT: There's a headline I wish would appear in newspapers across America. It would say something like, "TPP allies back big deal with China".

COMMENT: Five takeaways from the two-day G20 summit from Theresa May's modesty to Jack Ma's chutzpah.

New Zealand's merchandise trade deficit narrowed in July as imports such as crude oil fell faster than exports such as milk powder and meat.

The British High Commissioner's message to New Zealand and British businesses trading in the post-Brexit environment is "keep calm and carry on".

COMMENT: Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal lack a strategic alternative.

Chinese regulations that caused upheaval in New Zealand's infant formula industry two years ago are set to be extended to honey and wine exporters.

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri said its exports to China were due to resume this week.

COMMENT: The week has provided plenty to pique an observer's interest.

COMMENT: The broader downstream benefits to New Zealand exporters from increased investment in trade routes and infrastructure are self-evident.

COMMENT: New Zealand should grab the opportunity to be at the forefront in creating the new narrative for global trade.

COMMENT: Looking beyond dairy, the picture is one of faltering growth in world trade volumes and mounting protectionism.

Tainui Group Holdings last week announced it was seeking expressions of interest from a range of world class port operators for Ruakura

Britain's new finance minister Philip Hammond, under pressure from his peers from around the world, says there could be more clarity

COMMENT: China was the obvious elephant in the room when Joe Biden visited NZ as the Obama Administration moved to assert US supremacy in the region.

Donald Trump has taken his anti-trade tirades to a whole new level.

The Bank of England's FPC has highlighted the biggest risks facing the economy in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Following the Brexit vote, odds are growing that governments will be jolted by mounting populist pressures worldwide.

International dairy prices edged down at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index falling by 0.4 per cent since the previous sale last month.

Who's opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership ? Right wing US Presidential candidate Donald Trump.

UKIP leader says Britain should never have turned its back on New Zealand when it joined the Common Market.

New Zealand posted a bigger than expected trade surplus in May as exports of logs, fruit jump.

New Zealand posted a bigger-than-expected trade surplus in April as volumes of kiwifruit and apples drove exports.

COMMENT: The US holds the whip hand because the agreement can't come into force without its approval.

Dairy prices should start improving 'in the medium term'.

Auckland, Los Angeles, Gaungzhou - talking trade and growth at the Tripartite Economic Summit today.