Fonterra is developing a new range of products to appeal to Asian markets including candy cheese, low salt cheese, and medicinal lactose.

KiwiRail has announced a workaround for rail lines severed by the Kaikoura earthquake - a coastal shipping service from Auckland to Christchurch.

COMMENT: Like any building with concrete cancer, trust in a big idea can seem very solid right up until the moment of collapse.

New Zealand's monthly trade deficit narrowed in October the global dairy market buoyed exports of dairy products.

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

China may take the place of the US in an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement following the US withdrawal from TPP.

The Government may be disappointed by Donald Trump's TPP policy but it is pushing NZ interests in other markets, including Iran.

Donald Trump's axing of the TPP is unsurprising but still a huge disappointment say two business leaders.

US President-elect Donald Trump has released a video saying he will withdraw the US from the TPP trade deal on his first day in office.

Trump's foreign financial interests are on a scale never before seen in past presidencies.

New Zealand export log prices rose for a third straight month in November, aided by low shipping rates and demand from China.

The extension of New Zealand's Free Trade Agreement with China has been welcomed by exporters

John Key has a new bromance, this time with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Prime Minister John Key has announced the launch of negotiations to upgrade the China Free Trade Agreement.

Kiwi exporters are confident about 2017 despite uncertainties after Brexit and President-elect Donald Trump.

Prime Minister John Key is hoping to speak to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Apec summit in Lima today

Prime Minister John Key has joked that the TPP could be renamed the 'Trump Pacific Partnership" to try to get the President-elect on board.

COMMENT: The leaders of the 12 TPP countries thought they would be patting themselves on the back this year.

Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic gained, and so did the US dollar, after Federal Chair Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress cemented

PM John Key will leave for the Apec summit in Peru today where TPP leaders will meet to try and salvage the agreement from a Donald Trump presidency.

COMMENT: Our trade relationship with the US just got harder.

New Zealanders are still reeling and rattled from Monday's 7.8 earthquake - but our markets barely felt the tremors.

Rakon posted a first-half loss, blaming a sluggish telecommunications network industry for lacklustre sales.

Wall Street fell with bank stocks, while some tech shares including Apple continued a rebound from a recent slide.

COMMENT: Let's be clear. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) has not been killed by Donald Trump.

Tech stocks rose as investors took advantage of their post-US-election slump.

Thanks to Brexit and Donald Trump's successful presidential election "the whole world has got a lot more complicated", says special

US Treasuries dropped, while the greenback strengthened amid expectations Trump will boost spending and inflation.

COMMENT: If new President starts spending then US interest rates will move higher and mortgage rates here will follow.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsmattmartinsmile.epsFUTURE FOCUS: Members of the American Council of Young Political Leaders visited Rotorua