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Trade Minister Phil Goff says that an initial meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council states and New Zealand negotiators for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) made good progress.

Reductions of tariffs on dairy exports to Egypt were top of the agenda for trade talks between Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister, Rachid Rachid, and New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff in Cairo yesterday.

New Zealand will contribute another $25,000 to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help its efforts to improve nuclear safety and security and fight the possibility of nuclear terrorism.

New Zealand businesses can look forward to increasingly liberalised trans-Tasman trade and reduced compliance costs in 2007.

New Zealand Defence Force personnel will deploy to Lebanon in the new year as part of a UN force to clear unexploded ordnance.

The value of New Zealand trade ties with Turkey will get a major boost over the next year with a big increase in the number of Turkish students studying in New Zealand and with the start of livestock exports to Turkey.

Trade and Defence Minister Phil Goff today begins a two-week visit to the Middle East, where he will meet with counterparts in Turkey, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

A formal memorandum of understanding has been signed between the government and representatives of Viet Nam veterans.

New Zealand has reached an agreement with the European Commission on the long term arrangements covering our butter exports to Europe

New Zealand Defence Force personnel will withdraw from Tonga this week, Defence Minister Phil Goff announced today.

New Zealand Defence Force personnel in Tonga have begun low key community patrols to assist the Tongan Defence Force and Police, said Defence Minister Phil Goff.

Defence Minister, Phil Goff, stopped off in Melbourne today from Hanoi for the launch of New Zealand’s first offshore patrol vessel HMNZS OTAGO.

Trade Minister Phil Goff today announced that during Ministerial discussions at the APEC summit in Ha Noi Vietnam, it was agreed that a draft statement on a Free Trade Agreement for the Asia-Pacific, as a long-term objective for the region, would be sent to APEC Leaders for consideration at their meeting on 18-19 November.

Defence Minister Phil Goff today announced that New Zealand and Vietnam will look at further developing their defence relationship.

Following are remarks made by Trade Minister Phil Goff during the debate on the WTO Doha Development Agenda.

Trade and Defence Minister Phil Goff ended his official visit to China today and described it as positive for the growing trade and defence relationship between the two nations.

Defence Minister Phil Goff concluded high-level defence and security discussions in China today.

A television documentary series in Beijing will introduce New Zealand to an estimated television audience of up to 300 million Chinese viewers.

Japan and New Zealand have established a working group to take a fresh look at the bilateral trade and economic relationship.

Expo 2010 will be the largest world expo ever with the organisers aiming to secure 200 countries.

Defence Minister Phil Goff today officiated at a ceremony to mark the formal acceptance into service of the last of the New Zealand Army's 321 Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicles (LOV).

New Zealand troops serving in Afghanistan transitioned from US to NATO led missions this week.

A tax based on the miles travelled by agricultural products to their market is not the way to reduce global CO2 emissions.