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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.

The Opposition are engaging in irresponsible scaremongering, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Waitakere City Council have agreed the minister should step in as a solution to enable the eradication of the Painted Apple Moth, Biosecurity 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.

Five Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service staff have been awarded East Timor medals in recognition of their service in the war-torn country.

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

A new bill updating and streamlining the arrangements governing the wine industry is to be introduced next year, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Three people have been appointed to make up the board of inquiry into the proposed national Bovine TB strategy, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Three people have been appointed to make up the board of inquiry into the proposed national Bovine TB strategy, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said 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.

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.

Intense consultations to find a way around the standoff between the European Union and most other World Trade Organisation members over the draft declaration text on agriculture would continue for at least another day, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Su

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.