October Trade UpdateIn case you have not noticed we have a change of Government. Jacinda Ardern is the new Prime Minister and Winston Peters is the Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs. David Parker is the Minister for Trade and Export...
Trade Update
Trade Update – September
We still don't know who will form the next New Zealand Government. There are two scenarios being talked about most widely. Both involve New Zealand First. One would be led by National. The other by Labour and the Greens.What...
Trade Update – August
August Trade UpdateThe National Party has released a trade policy manifesto in advance of the election. This calls for the completion of the TPP 11, the FTA with the Pacific Alliance (Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile), and the Regional Comprehensive...
Trade Update – July
July Trade UpdateJapan/TPP11Japan and the EU have reached an agreement on a FTA. This is probably the biggest FTA ever concluded. It is not the highest standard FTA ever concluded but it ups the stakes on TPP 11. While the EU-Japan FTA...
Trade Update – June
June Trade UpdatePrime Minister Bill English was very upbeat on New Zealand's trade negotiating agenda late last week. It is unclear why this was. There seem few examples of good progress having been achieved. Maybe something is...
Trade Update – May
Ministerial Advisory GroupHon Todd McClay held the first meeting of his advisory group on trade on 4 May. As we reported last time Export New Zealand was well represented. The meeting allowed a good discussion of the current trade agenda with a...
Trade Update – April
It is an increasingly uncertain world… The announcement overnight that the UK is going to have an early election adds further uncertainty to an already very uncertain environment for trade policy. No doubt future FTAs and the treatment of agriculture...
Trade Update – March
TPPMinisters and senior officials from the remaining 11 TPP countries have just finished meeting in Chile to discuss the future of the agreement. Aside from general platitudes about the importance of free trade the communique is a bit...
Trade Update – February
Trade policy remains headline news in the US and UK. Unfortunately there are few breakthroughs to report for New Zealand.TPP and MexicoThe Government remains keen to keep the idea of TPP alive and is trying to resist approaches from TPP members to negotiate...
Trade Update – January 2017
EU/UK/Brexit, GCC and more…
Trade Update – November
TPP Dead?, China FTA Upgrade and more…
Trade Update – October
TiSA, Trade Strategy Refresh, EU and more…