Trade talks with EU may take years to start, writes Audrey Young.

The final intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership shows many of the more extreme demands of the pharmaceutical industry have been beaten back.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership offers more to New Zealand than any other trade agreement we have so far joined.

Trade Minister Tim Groser said he would be "astonished" if the change of the Government in Canada changed anything about the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal.

Oceana Gold is predicted to boost gold production 30 per cent to 40 per cent by 2017.

Ten major oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Saudi Aramco declared on Friday that they totally get the climate change thing and would support measures aimed at preventing it.

Prince William will record a television programme highlighting the threat to endangered species posed by the trade in illegal wildlife products.

Nobel prize winning economist looks at how trying to help poor countries hurts them.

It was a big call for Chinese billionaire Jiang Zhaobai to seek a judicial review of the NZ Government's decision to veto a $88 million bid by one of his companies to buy Lochinver station.

When prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Key meet this weekend for their first official talks there will be plenty on the table to discuss.

The UMF Honey Association says it has found the solution to fake manuka honey products, developing a portable device.

Yesterday European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström, announced she would seek approval from the European Union to launch trade negotiations with New Zealand.

Europe's chambers of commerce grouping, EuroChambres, has given its blessing to NZ being added to the EU Commission's plans for free trade talks.

US interests were the biggest foreign investors in New Zealand dairy land in 2013 and 2014, followed by China, according to a report by KPMG.

There's big trade news coming out of the EU.

The head of NZ's branch of the US Pentagon's missile and fighter jet manufacturer is trying to help Northland companies arm themselves with information to win lucrative contracts with international governments.

Malcolm Turnbull's visit to New Zealand this week - his first overseas visit as Australia's Prime Minister - reflects that the transtasman relationship matters to both countries.

If governments want to play by secret squirrel rules they can hardly accuse those who raise alarms based on best available information of scaremongering, writes Jane Kelsey.

Clouds continue to obscure the horizon, as uncertainty about China's slowdown clouds the outlook.

Trade Minister Tim Groser acted unlawfully in withholding some information about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the High Court has ruled.

Trial runs for a new online platform designed to provide an electronic global marketplace for day-to-day trading of dairy products are set to take place over the next few months, according to its backers.

I feel for the Labour Party as it angsts over whether to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership, writes Liam Dann. Supporting trade deals has become extremely socially awkward.

The Miere Coalition, which represents Maori honey interests, supports the UMF Honey Association's bid to trademark Manuka Honey

De Beers scientists can make near-flawless diamonds in a lab, but they will never sell you one.

Labour leader Andrew Little says the Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to fail four out of the party's five bottom lines for supporting the deal.

The TPP leaves the door open to foreign land buyers and further adds to the country's housing problem, writes Grant Robertson.

Hillary Clinton's decision to oppose the TPP trade deal isn't surprising. But let's be clear: It's a serious mistake.