The trend against globalisation is a western phenomenon, not matched in developing economies, a visiting expert says.

Donald Trump has released the first hint of what his Administration's trade platform will be.

COMMENT: Investors take a glass-half-full approach and focus on hopes spending will get US economy moving again.

It was perhaps the most surprising trade in a record-setting week on Wall Street.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says a failure of trade benefits to flow further is a failure of social policy, not of trade policy.

COMMENT: If Trump carries out his trade and defence threats, NZ would face the risk of slower global economic growth, higher interest rates and fewer capital flows.

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

COMMENT: A Clinton presidency would have offered a seamless transition in the United States' policy towards New Zealand.

As Donald Trump enters the White House, what's next for the rising superpower?

Waikato farmers say if Donald Trump scuttles the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement it will be a setback. But, they believe any US withdrawal from free trade may ultimately open up opportunities for Kiwi exporters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.

Trump's policies are typically lacking detail and often facing strong criticism from economists. Here are the key questions answered.

Exporters are anxiously waiting to see whether Trump's rhetoric during the election campaign translates into policy

COMMENT: Irrespective of the platitudes given on the morning after Trump, there will be no healing, no bridge across the divide.

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

As the rest of the world reacts with shock to news Donald Trump will be the next US President, one man in particular is thrilled.

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.

Online auction site Trade Me has bought $670,000 of shares in peer-to-peer lender Harmoney Corp to keep its stake at 14.4 per cent.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will be welcomed by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy at Government House in Wellington this morning.

COMMENT: Auditor-General's findings are a scathing assessment of the lack of transparency, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

Peter Cruddas, founder of CMC Markets, isn't shy about talking about his country's impending departure from Europe.

Not many Kiwis may be satisfied by the Auditor General's report into the propriety of the Government's gift of a sheep-breeding establishment to a breeder in Saudi Arabia.

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has gone as far as to say a Donald Trump win would be devastating for our country.

Despite the Auditor-General's findings, the Opposition continues to call for McCully's head..

A report by the Auditor-General into the controversial deal that saw $11.5 million of taxpayer money spent on a Saudi farm has been released.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell below 5 per cent for the first time since December 2008.

Sheep and beef farmers are in for a 13 per cent fall in income this year, particularly if the NZ dollar remains high, according to Beef and Lamb NZ.

China's relationship with New Zealand is the best its ever been says a key Chinese Embassy official.