The debate over this trade agreement has been more intense than any I can remember, writes John Roughan.

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 ink is barely dry on the TPP and New Zealand has the prospect of another giant free trade deal in the offing.

A businessman, 60, is alleged to have acted alone in blackmail scare that said infant formula would be poisoned.

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.

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.

People trade to improve their lot and workers in free economies prosper while workers in controlled economies do not, writes Rodney Hide.

Labour has been pivotal in shifting public opinion, shifting its own position last year from a pro starting point to a neutral one.

Tim Groser has a sales job in front of him after the Trans-Pacific Partnership kept the doors open wide to foreign investment in Auckland's red hot housing market.

While we await the final text of the agreement it may be worth reflecting on the importance of the 90 per cent of the TPP iceberg below the surface of media attention, writes Brian Fallow.

As dust settles on TPP negotiations, much attention will turn to analysing the full text of the agreement and understanding its costs and benefits, writes John Ballingall.

Most people will be more than aware that, like all public relations campaigns, this one will not reveal the full picture.

Customs will be given new powers to hold goods at the border that they suspect breach copyright or trade marks under TPP.

It may be difficult at first for observers to grasp the magnitude of what has happened with the trade liberalisation deal just reached in the TPP.