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Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton will launch a new type of flying
machine at the SportAvex airshow in Matamata on Friday.

New Zealand has been chosen to chair the negotiating group for one of the key issues in the new round of trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton announced today.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton is to lead a trade mission to northern China next month.

Turkey’s agriculture and rural affairs minister Husnu Yusuf Gokalp is to visit New Zealand, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

New Zealanders will now able to post small parcels of humanitarian goods to Iraq without Ministerial consent, acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton announced today.

Allegations of corruption by a would-be documentary maker were ridiculous slander, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Chairman Basil Logan, Chief executive Kevin Thompson and Opus staff, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be here this evening to present Opus International Consultants with a Trade New Zealand Export Award

Agiculture Minister Jim Sutton said today that he welcomed the decision to merge the food safety and assurance responsibilities of the Health Ministry and the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry into a semi-autonomous agency within MAF.

Career diplomat David Payton will be New Zealand’s next Ambassador to The Netherlands, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton announced today.

Career diplomat David Taylor will be New Zealand’s next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton announced today.

The formal declaration of Britain as foot and mouth disease free did not mean that New Zealanders should become complacent about the level of risk of an outbreak here, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The passing of the first stage of legislation to set up an autonomous Bougainville was another good step forward, acting Foreign Minister Jim Sutton said today.

New Zealand’s next Consul-General to Shanghai will be Pam Dunn, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Farming looks set to see New Zealand through an economic sticky patch once again, according to Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton.

Minister for Trade Negotiations and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon Jim Sutton, welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi’s recent expressions of support for enhanced cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Trade Minister Jim Sutton sounded a note of caution at an apparent lack of comprehensiveness in the free trade agreement signed by Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and Singapore Prime Minster Goh Chok Tong on Sunday.

The European Union this month removed the tariff on imports of New Zealand frozen boysenberries, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The quota of 1500 tonnes, during the period 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2002, remains the same.

Taiwan’s entry into the World Trade Organisation means that the apple export trade has been liberalised, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Government would monitor the effects of new regulatory regimes on the provision of agricultural chemicals and the introduction of new plants and animals, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Government has received the report from the Waitangi Tribunal on the Taranaki Maori claim following the restructuring of the dairy industry and will be considering it carefully, Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia and Agriculture Minister Jim Su

The New World wine agreement, signed today in Canada, would protect the expanding international wine trade from unnecessary regulatory barriers,Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

New Zealand and the United States have successfully applied for the World Trade Organisation to re-hear their case against a Canadian dairy export scheme which both countries believe is illegal, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Government is to pay for the development of a strategic plan for the organic agriculture sector, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Mr Sutton said the organic sector had gone through a period of rapid growth in New Zealand.

Gross revenues from agriculture and forestry are expected to rise in the year to March next year, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.