The price for New Zealand's key dairy export, whole milk powder, may drop about 5 per cent at this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction amid lacklustre demand.

One of the upsides of competitive trade liberalisation is that New Zealand is finally getting onto the runway to launch free trade talks with the EU.

Investor-state dispute settlement has been the most controversial aspect of the TPP talks involving New Zealand and a part of EU talks with the US.

The 46 countries that have at least one sovereign wealth fund have largely set them up for a rainy day.

Prime Minister says New Zealand likely to take a more transparent approach to trade negotiations with the European Union than other FTAs.

If the justification is to help local companies invest overseas, governments have lower-risk methods available that don't compromise sovereignty, such as political risk insurance, writes Bill Rosenberg.

Fried chicken at KFC and more Carl's Jr stores has boosted first half profit at Restaurant Brands.

NZOG declared today a 34.7 percent increase in "developed reserves" at the Kupe oil and gas field.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.