Farmers and industry leaders are pressing the government to support domestic business.

Most Western countries have quiet Sundays. We had only one remaining. Councils will probably succumb to their business lobbies, one after another.

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.

Zespri won't be exporting to its biggest market by volume until new checking protocols are in place.

Wall Street was little changed as investors eyed Friday's US jobs data to gauge the odds of a Federal Reserve rate increase this year.

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.

Wall Street was mixed amid disappointing earnings from Ford Motor and better-than-expected results from Facebook.

Trustpower may now have to pay nearly $15 million in tax and interest after losing a Supreme Court appeal.

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.