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Trade Update August 2023 As often happens during the European and North American summer breaks the intensity of trade policy negotiations have eased up a bit. While there has been intensive lobbying on CPTPP with the Chinese Ambassador even going public in support of...
NZ-EU FTA The Prime Minister, as expected, travelled to Brussels en route to the NATO Summit in Vilnius and signed the FTA with the EU. The Agreement now needs to be ratified by both sides but no officials or Ministers we speak to expect this to be a problem. ...
Our predictions last month about Prime Ministerial travel to China and Brussels have proven correct. The Prime Minister leads a sizeable trade delegation to China next week and will travel to Brussels at the time of the July NATO summit to progress the FTA with the...
New Zealand-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Well done Prime Minister Hipkins and the negotiating team. While delayed, a little, the end of May entry into force of the NZ-UK FTA is an excellent outcome. The challenge now is for our exporters and...
Comprehensive & Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership The month began with big trade policy news. An agreement in principle was reached between CPTPP members to allow the UK to join the agreement. There is still some work to do before the UK is able to sign...
March 2023 The Comprehensive & Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership The United Kingdom is close to accession after talks with CPTPP partners earlier this month. The UK’s accession has been a challenging process, particularly in relation to how to...
February 2023 CPTPP – UK Negotiations Close to Ending? It has been a good few months for CPTPP. Malaysia and Chile have ratified the agreement. Of the original members, this only leaves Brunei as not yet ratified. Officials seem hopeful that Brunei will...
New Zealand Chairing the CPTPP Commission It will be New Zealand’s turn to host the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Commission in 2023, with trade ministers from the 11 member countries converging in Auckland in July. New...
2022 ExportNZ DHL Export Barometer Survey Report ExportNZ and DHL partner annually to survey exporters about the industry environment and their expectations for the future. This year’s survey showed us that exporters are optimistic about their exporting futures (67...
ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update October 2022 It has been another busy month for the New Zealand trade policy team. The month has seen a CPTPP Council meeting and a negotiating session on the UK CPTPP Accession. New Zealand is preparing to take on the CPTPP...
New Zealand-United Kingdom FTA The elevation of Liz Truss as British Prime Minister is said to give New Zealand a “huge advantage” according to Trade and Export Growth Minister, Damien O’Connor. As British Trade Secretary, Truss had a part in negotiating the...