The Chinese government is pushing domestic banks to remove high-end servers made by IBM in an escalation of the dispute with the US over spying claims.

Fonterra has set an opening milk price of $7.00 per kg of milksolids for the 2014/15 season and revised down its forecast for the current season.

China is now New Zealand's largest trading partner and expansion of economic links with this country will be vital to the New Zealand Government's goal.

Exports exceeded imports by $534 million last month, pushing the annual trade surplus to $1.2 billion, its largest since July 2011.

I'm becoming increasingly uncomfortable about our prices. NZ is an expensive destination and it's getting worse, writes Bernard Hickey.

Trade Negotiations Minister Tim Groser is warning that Japan could be “left behind” if it doesn’t sign up to a high quality Trans Pacific Partnership deal.

The United States has announced unprecedented cyber espionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into US companies to gain trade secrets.

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have introduced the world's highest minimum wage, early results from a referendum indicate.

New Zealand's wine and dairy producers will be forced to export their products without branding in retaliation for Government's introduction of plain packaging of cigarettes.