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Trade narrows, imports fall faster than exports
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.
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.
The British High Commissioner's message to New Zealand and British businesses trading in the post-Brexit environment is "keep calm and carry on".
COMMENT: Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal lack a strategic alternative.
More than 10,500 registrations from people considering moving here from Britain have been lodged with Immigration New Zealand since the Brexit vote.
Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler might be wondering right now what he has to do to move the needle on retail interest rates or the dollar.
The new season is predicted to be the biggest New Zealand has ever seen.
Chinese regulations that caused upheaval in New Zealand's infant formula industry two years ago are set to be extended to honey and wine exporters.
COMMENT: The week has provided plenty to pique an observer's interest.
A chronic shortage of apprentices has sparked a national campaign to promote New Zealand's need for more skilled people in trades and services.
Wall Street slid with shares of retailers and car makers amid concern that a better-than-expected pace of consumer spending is not sustainable.
World dairy prices have shot higher at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the GDT price index gaining 6.6pc.
COMMENT: The broader downstream benefits to New Zealand exporters from increased investment in trade routes and infrastructure are self-evident.
Zespri and the Government are batting away suggestions that politics has played any role in increased scrutiny of New Zealand kiwifruit entering China.
Wall Street was mixed to start its week, with energy stocks falling alongside a drop in the price of oil.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has floated a proposal for a free trade zone to be created in Auckland near to the airport.
COMMENT: New Zealand should grab the opportunity to be at the forefront in creating the new narrative for global trade.
The gain in first-half profit reflects a recovery in the price of gold.
COMMENT: Looking beyond dairy, the picture is one of faltering growth in world trade volumes and mounting protectionism.
New Zealand fruit exports have been the shining star of commodities over the past year.
Wall Street slid with the price of oil, pushing down shares of Chevron and Exxon Mobil, as investors awaited a host of key events.
Uncertainty persists as to what Britain's exit from the European Union will mean for New Zealand primary producers.
Tainui Group Holdings last week announced it was seeking expressions of interest from a range of world class port operators for Ruakura
Trade Minister Todd McClay has apologised to Prime Minister John Key for his handling of news reports about potential trade retaliation from China.
Britain's new finance minister Philip Hammond, under pressure from his peers from around the world, says there could be more clarity
COMMENT: China was the obvious elephant in the room when Joe Biden visited NZ as the Obama Administration moved to assert US supremacy in the region.
The latest GlobalDairyTrade auction offered few clues as to the likely direction of dairy prices in the season ahead.
A gain in whole milk powder offset a fall for most other products in the latest overnight dairy auction.
Wal-Mart hasn't met the target its manufacturing move had hoped for.
In the last leg of his visit to Indonesia, John Key stopped off in Surubaya to launch a competition which aimed to get more Indonesians interested in NZ.
COMMENT: Trade disputes are difficult but the allegation of steel dumping by China is playing out more messily than most.