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There is political will to push the WTO agriculture negotiations forward, but more work needs to be done.

The American proposal to cut trade-distorting farm subsidies is welcome.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton attends an important meeting in Geneva as part of an effort to get the World Trade Organisation multilateral trade talks back on track.

The United States of America is not only the world’s only superpower, it is the world’s greatest economic superpower, the world’s richest consumer market, and its greatest supplier of intellectual property.

The benefits of New Zealand’s presence at the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan, are expected to extend far beyond this year with the implementation of the second stage of the Aichi Leveraging Fund.

Livestock genetics company Samen has been presented with a gift from the Fujian provincial government in recognition of the bulls exported there.

A NZ-Pacific Business Council has been formed.

New Zealand’s Ambassador to the WTO will chair the WTO’s agriculture negotiations

Alistair Polson is to be the new Special Agricultural Trade Envoy.

The Government has worked hard to give primary industry access to the markets it needs.

The Trans-Pacific Strategic Closer Economic Partnership trade agreement has been signed by New Zealand, Singapore, and Chile. Brunei will sign next month.

Thailand has deferred a screening system for fruit and vegetable imports that would have damaged trade from New Zealand.

More than half New Zealand's exports to Thailand are now duty-free, thanks to the Thai-NZ Closer Economic Partnership trade agreement now in force.

New Zealand delivered a strong message against the Australian ban on the importation of apples at the WTO quarantine rules committee.

ASEAN is an important partner with New Zealand.

The latest WTO rulingon a case between the US and Japan about apple imports is a complete vindication of NZ's position that commercially-trade apples do not pose a risk of transmission of fire blight.

The Government is taking action at the World Trade Organisation to get movement on the long-standing problem of access for New Zealand apples into the Australian market.

New Zealand is to table a revised offer in the World Trade Organisation’s General Agreement on Trade in Services.

Tariffs will be eliminated and markets opened up for New Zealand exporters with a new Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.

Forum Island Countries have decided it is now time to move beyond their existing SPARTECA agreement with Australia and New Zealand.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton leaves tomorrow for an APEC meeting in South Korea and China, and a trade mission to China.

Pacific regional trade agreements are to be reviewed when Pacific trade ministers meet in Nadi.

National’s luring the chair of the WTO agriculture committee and New Zealand’s ambassador to the WTO out at a crucial time in multilateral negotiations is a kick in the teeth for all New Zealanders.

Budget 2005 allocates a further $31.1 million over the next four years to conclude trade agreement negotiations and ensure agreements deliver real gains to New Zealand business and the economy