Avocado prices have risen to record prices on surging demand and smaller crop.

Bill English wants to bring the public on board with a new trade strategy.

Trump's confrontational rhetoric about Chinese trade policies hasn't won much support among Chinese consumers.

Trade officials have signalled that Donald Trump will take aggressive steps to boost exports.

It's not just the pagoda roof turret that gives the Annandale Distillery in Scotland an Asian feel.

The drop reflected a decline in the value, price and volume of exports, led by dairy, meat and forestry shipments.

COMMENT: The politics of President Obama's signature trade deal simply became too toxic for Donald Trump.

New Zealand export expectations have peaked to their highest level in six years.

Fonterra Cooperative Group is assessing the impact of a big drop in milk production this month on its contract book and future production plans.

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.

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

Ports of Auckland will go ahead with plans to partially automate its container terminal.

Ports of Auckland and Napier Port have announced a strategic alliance they say will help improve services for freight customers.

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

Bulk retailer Container Door is taking its disruptive shopping concept to the Australian market.

The biggest container ship to visit New Zealand will visit Port of Tauranga later this year.

News that a free trade agreement with the EU is still on track, despite Brexit, has been welcomed by New Zealand's export sector.

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

Shipping operators favour a future replacement for the current Auckland port to be sited at the Firth of Thames over Manukau Harbour.

Horticulture led the rise in New Zealand commodity prices last month.

NZ's relationship with the Philippines is in great shape and growing as the two countries celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations.

The Ports of Auckland must be moved for the growth and prosperity of the city, say three mayoral candidates.

New Zealanders and their pets have consumed more than 600 tonnes of seafood sourced from a Thai conglomerate condemned for its use of slave labour.

Prime Minister John Key will visit China this month to discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries.

Commodity prices fell 1.3 per cent in March as weaker dairy, forestry and seafood prices outweighed meat prices.

COMMENT: Does economics still believe in free trade?

Five other countries have informally expressed interest in joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.

New Zealand wholesale trade dips in fourth quarter on decline in basic material products.

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.