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Infighting grows as fiscal cliff plan rejected
Infighting among Republicans has grown as the latest plan to avert the 'fiscal cliff' was rejected by the White House.

Peter Calder: Rediscovering the greater good
They served paella at Crave Cafe on Saturday evening. For 400. For free. As a business model, it doesn't exactly have "certain to succeed" written all over it.

Dairy prices dip 2pc in overnight auction
Prices of dairy products fell in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction - the first decline in four sales.

Terms of trade down again but view upbeat
The terms of trade fell for the fifth straight quarter in September, to be nearly 10 per cent off the peak in mid-2011.

TPP could quash film funds
The subsidy paid by the Government to The Hobbit could be prohibited under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, says a leading trade specialist and author.

Editorial: NZ must not settle for less than golden deal on TPP
Editorial: Auckland has seldom hosted a more globally important meeting than the negotiations that start today on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Stephen Jacobi: Trade talks about clear rules, investment - jobs
TPP negotiators meet in Auckland this week to further a plan to create jobs and growth.

Jane Kelsey: Pacific deal masks bigger plan
The 15th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement begins today in the SkyCity Convention Centre.

An open waterfront? Here's the choice...
Auckland has a choice if it wants to open up more of its waterfront - let the port expand into the Waitemata Harbour or lose cargo to Tauranga and Northland.

Fran O'Sullivan: Anti-trade camp running debate
The real issue - which is not adequately debated - is the intellectual property component of the TPP, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

$718m deficit above expectations
New Zealand's trade accounts sank deeper into the red last month.

Trade deficit widens as dairy values fall
New Zealand chalked up its third monthly trade deficit in October, with the annual deficit widening to $1.37 billion.

Key in Burma: The Herald interview
As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.