by Cory Gordon | Sep 16, 2015 | Media Releases
Remove The New Zealand International Business Forum is urging the New Zealand and European Union Governments to proceed to the negotiating table to hammer out a free trade agreement. A decision about whether the EU and NZ will launch negotiations is expected later...
by Cory Gordon | Sep 16, 2015 | Reports & Publications
Remove A discussion paper prepared by the New Zealand International Business Forum, July 2015. New Zealand and the European Union (EU) are currently reflecting on whether or not to proceed to the negotiating table to try to negotiate a new free trade agreement (FTA)....
by Cory Gordon | Sep 8, 2015 | Trade Working Blog
Remove New Zealand and the European Union (EU) are currently reflecting on whether or not to proceed to the negotiating table to try to negotiate a new free trade agreement (FTA). A decision is expected later this year. Europe is already a very significant trade and...
by Cory Gordon | Aug 3, 2015 | Trade Working Blog, Uncategorized
Remove There’s an old Peggy Lee song – “If that’s all there is, then let’s keep dancin’”. That essentially was how the TPP negotiations ended up in Maui. The deal on the table was insufficient so Ministers decided to keep on talking. How did this happen? Going into...
by Cory Gordon | Jul 3, 2015 | Trade Working Blog, Uncategorized
Remove Now that the US Congress has finally given President Obama his much longed for fast track trade promotion authority, negotiators can get back to the complex task of completing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). New Zealand can claim a share of TPP’s...