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Ladies and Gentlemen: thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. Thank you especially to our hosts this morning, and particularly Tommy Koh, Director of the Institute and a very good friend of New Zealand.

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 United States’ International Trade Commission decision to ask President George W Bush for safeguard tariffs of up to 20 per cent for four years on steel imports from New Zealand was disappointing, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The approval of trade promotion authority by the United States’ House of Representatives was welcome news, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Prime Minister, Ambassador Swindells, chairwoman Fran O’Sullivan, ladies and gentlemen.

It is evident the events of 11 September have their most direct importance in realms other than trade policy.

Ladies and Gentlemen: thank you for the invitation to speak today.

The World Trade Organisation’s Appellate Body declined to make a ruling on New Zealand’s complaint that Canada was providing illegal export subsidies to its dairy industry, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton leaves New Zealand today for a four-day trip to Singapore and Hong Kong.

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I’m delighted to be here today to present the India Education Export Network with a Trade New Zealand Export Commendation- just a year after I joined with you in India, and saw first hand what you were doing there.

Chairman Giff Davidson, Ambassador Chong, members of the Korea/New Zealand Business Council, thank you for the invitation to speak today.

The WTO membership agreed to launch a round of world trade negotiations today, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said.

The break-through deal on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) and public health was a brilliant achievement by New Zealand officials, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Business NZ has revealed its ideological rigidity with its criticism of the New Zealand delegation at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Doha, Qatar, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

New Zealand welcomed the accession of Taiwan to the World Trade Organisation, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Eliminating fish subsidies would benefit nations that managed their fish stocks sustainably, consumers, and the environment, New Zealand Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The World Trade Organisation draft declaration was not ambitious enough on agricultural trade reform, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The New Zealand Government was the first World Trade Organisation member to call for a closer link between trade negotiations and decent working conditions at the WTO ministerial meeting in Doha, Qatar.

Today's accession to the World Trade Organisation by China shows the benefits of WTO membership for New Zealand, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Agriculture had been left out of international trading reform for more than 50 years, and it was time for a catch-up, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

New Zealand could have a key role to play at the world Trade Organisation meeting scheduled to start this evening, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The successful launch of a new round of world trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Qatar next week was vital for New Zealand and indeed the world, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Chairman Brian Lynch, executive director Stephen Jacobi, ladies and gentlemen: This is a timely gathering.

In just over a week’s time, trade ministers from the 142 World Trade Organisation member countries will be meeting in Doha, Qatar.

President Eric Wilson, Ladies and Gentlemen: thank you for the invitation to be here this morning.