Ambition and speed. That's what leaders of the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership should seek as they meet in Bali this week, writes Phil O'Reilly and Jay Timmons.

While New Zealand's exports to China have soared since the free trade agreement between the two countries came into effect, industry leaders say this country still needs to up its game when doing business in the world's second-biggest economy.

Five years ago this week, the China-NZ free trade agreement took effect. Half a decade on, has the deal delivered?

World dairy prices were up 2.4pc in the latest overnight auction.

A trade agreement which New Zealand is champing at the bit to sign promises billions of dollars in extra export earnings and thousands of new jobs, according to the minister in charge, Tim Groser.

Fonterra said it was too early to say what the impact of last month's contamination scare would have on its earnings for the 2013/14 year.

Prime Minister John Key met the French parent company of infant milk brand Nutricia to discuss the Fonterra botulism scare while he was in Paris this week.

New Zealand has halted all apple exports to China for the rest of the season after rot was found in several batches at the Chinese border.

Fonterra said its normalised earnings before interest and tax for 2012/13 came to $1 billion, down 3 per cent on the previous year.

Wouldn't it be great if New Zealand was a brand just like a Mars Bar?

Exporters say many Chinese consumers remain unaware that Fonterra's botulism scare was a false alarm.

Prime Minister John Key has seized on David Cunliffe's reticence about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks to accuse him of taking Labour to the far left at the behest of unions and to talk up TPP.

As Emirates Team NZ push hard for victory in the America's Cup, marine companies are pinning their hopes on a win and a boost to the industry.

DB Breweries is eyeing Europe as a potentially lucrative market for its Monteith's beer brand.

Two Fonterra managers "on leave" as a result of the botulism scare are now awaiting a board review to find out their fate.

AgResearch has defended its testing of Fonterra's whey concentrate products that led to a false alarm over the presence of a botulism toxin.