Free trade agreement (FTA) stories
![Story image](../../../../../uploads/story/2018/01/31/preview_auckland3.webp)
Business leaders to gather in Auckland to discuss APAC trade agreement
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
#
fta
#
apec business advisory council
#
cptpp
Key topics include removing trade barriers, unfair standards and slow bureaucracy, as well as regulatory hurdles for services trade.
![Story image](../../../../../uploads/story/2017/09/07/preview_ThinkstockPhotos-WCO_027.webp)
NZ agrees on negotiating mandate to upgrade China FTA, worth thousands of Kiwi jobs
Fri, 8th Sep 2017
#
exports
#
fta
#
chinese
NZ's bid to boost economy via China FTA upgrade projected to create thousands of jobs, bolstering key sectors and trade ties.
![Story image](../../../../../uploads/story/2015/10/06/preview_tppa.webp)
Australia signs Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Tue, 6th Oct 2015
#
trans-pacific partnership
#
fta
#
tpp
Australia signs controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement with 11 other countries, opening up new economic opportunities.
![Story image](../../../../../uploads/story/2015/04/09/preview_shanghai.webp)
NZ primary industry firms open Chinese marketing office
Thu, 9th Apr 2015
#
collaboration
#
nz
#
fta
A group of New Zealand primary sector firms has opened a joint marketing office in Shanghai, completing a three-year gestation to make life easier in.
![Story image](../../../../../uploads/story/2015/03/16/preview_arrow_upp.webp)
New Zealand companies need more scale, says Infosys co-founder
Mon, 16th Mar 2015
#
gamification
#
fta
#
nz
Nilekani says what struck him about Kiwi companies was they weren't used to dealing with scale because of the country's small population.
![Story image](../../../../../uploads/story/2015/03/13/preview_jk.webp)
PM Key says Indian FTA would reduce reliance on China
Fri, 13th Mar 2015
#
edutech
#
market
#
nz
Prime Minister John Key says a free trade agreement with India would help New Zealand reduce its dependence on the Chinese market, which is the countr.
![Story image](../../../../../fallback.webp)
Key concedes new budget forecasts could be a 'small' deficit
Mon, 24th Nov 2014
#
fta
#
chinese
Prime Minister John Key has intimated for the first time that the Treasury's half-year fiscal and economic update on Dec.
![Story image](../../../../../fallback.webp)
Australia's FTA with China adds to rivalry in 'hotly contested' market for soft commodities
Thu, 20th Nov 2014
#
nz
#
fta
#
australian
Australia's free trade agreement with China heralds a renewed focus to diversify the country's economy away from a reliance on mineral exports to s.
![Story image](../../../../../fallback.webp)
Alliance Group annual profit rises 11% on demand for red meat, higher prices
Fri, 7th Nov 2014
#
fta
#
global economy
#
shareholders
Alliance Group, the world's largest processor and exporter of sheepmeat, posted an 11 percent rise in annual profit and is distributing $7 million.