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Fran O'Sullivan: Key on critical China mission
COMMENT: Free trade will top PM's priorities, with issues including dairy, territory and extradition.
COMMENT: Free trade will top PM's priorities, with issues including dairy, territory and extradition.
COMMENT: These days, the worst multinational corporations have names you've never heard.
Prime Minister John Key will visit China this month to discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries.
The price of the vanilla bean has more than tripled in the past year as output slips and quality suffers.
The long-held faith in open markets is beginning to fade - and it isn't just political rhetoric, reports Bill Powell.
A steep rise in China's reported imports from Hong Kong has raised concerns that trade invoices are being manipulated to get capital.
Five other countries have informally expressed interest in joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.
De Beers is ramping up diamond sales to cash in on a recovery from last year's slump.
Population growth, construction and tourism offset declines in NZ dairy prices.
To the extent that robots become a less expensive input than labor in the production process, multinationals will be encouraged to "onshore" output to move it closer to their customer bases.
New Zealand unexpectedly posted a trade surplus last month as exports rose more than forecast, with higher shipments of wood, dairy and fruit.
President Barack Obama told governors Monday that he remains "cautiously optimistic" that Congress will approve a sweeping trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations this year.
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.
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.
As nations gather in Auckland to sign giant trade deal, NZ eyes role as secretariat to steer in more members.
This year's Waitangi "issue" has been selected. It has been determined that the TPP is the most pressing issue on the Maori agenda, writes Jon Stokes.
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.
Business and industry group leaders have lent their support to the TPP free trade agreement in an open letter to Prime Minister John Key.
In an open letter to Andrew Little, Stephen Jacobi argues Labour should take closer look at the TPP deal.
Former MP Hone Harawira has stated some complete falsehoods about Trans Pacific Partnership, Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi, wirtes Charles Finny.
Trade liberalisation is an ongoing process and there is still much for NZ to aim for.