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More than 100,000 New Zealanders have already priority registered an interest in the Contact Energy share float, Treasurer Bill Birch, SOE Minister Tony Ryall and Minister responsible for Contact L

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith, who returned yesterday from an APEC-related visit to Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, has welcomed the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Financial Services

New Zealand will join a United States-initiated World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute consultation with Korea over beef import restrictions, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith announced today.

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has already taken up his concerns with today's decision on New Zealand lamb imports by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) at a senior level within the US Admi

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith will present an Export Commendation Award to Paeroa company Goldfields Print Limited on Friday 5 February 1999 during a visit to Thames, Waihi and Paeroa.

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says the Labour Party has sided with the far-left ideological fringe with its attack today on APEC.

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith will launch an investment booklet promoting New Zealand in Christchurch this week.

The United States District Court in San Francisco has lifted an eighteen-month-old injunction against New Zealand's forestry industry which limited its ability to expand its exports to the biggest

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Dr the Hon Lockwood Smith MP
Minister for International Trade
New Zealand

Korea's reforms have put it on the verge of economic recovery without recourse to New Zealand's US$100 million loan offer, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

New Zealand is taking Canada to the World Trade Organisation over its "special milk classes" scheme which we allege subsidises Canadian dairy exports, Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith

New Zealand has signed an international convention to combat bribery, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith announced today.

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed the announcement by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon that treaties will now be considered by parliament saying the more open system should ease irrational co

The World Trade Organisation's financial services deal will help stabilise Asia's financial markets which should boost consumer confidence in our key Asian markets, as well as bring down the costs

Kiwifruit exporters will be the first to gain after New Zealand and India reached an agreement on phasing out Indian import restrictions, International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith announced today

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has attacked Alliance "gibberish" over foreign investment.

Food exporters on both sides of the Tasman will benefit from the trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand to reduce food inspection costs that takes effect today (Monday), Associate Health

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says New Zealand has achieved a major breakthrough at APEC, with ministers endorsing an unprecedented and historic agreement to liberalise trade in fish

"A historic agreement is in reach," International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said from the APEC meeting in Vancouver today (Friday Canadian time).

An international panel has been set up to resolve New Zealand's dispute with the European Union (EU) over spreadable and Ammix butter, the Minister for International Trade Lockwood Smith announced

New Zealand will seek an accelerated breakdown of trade barriers affecting fish, forest products and unprocessed fruit and vegetables at the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gatherin

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has today released an easy-to-understand guide aimed at helping people navigate the minefield of acronyms covering organisations relevant to New Zealand

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith remains optimistic that US President Bill Clinton will gain fast-track negotiating authority for trade agreements, despite a setback over the weekend.

The Philippines Secretary of Trade and Industry, Hon Cesar B Bautista, and the New Zealand Minister for International Trade Lockwood Smith, met today (23/10/97) in Manila to discuss ways in which t