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Labour and the Alliance have now both confirmed they think taxpayers' money belongs to them, Treasurer Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
  • Trade

Michael Cullen's acknowledgment that a Labour Government would reverse legislation to abolish tariffs on imports would not save New Zealand jobs, according to Trade Minister Lockwood Smith.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

A study (1) of the implications of the APEC Business Advisory Council's (ABAC) APEC Food System proposal shows that APEC Trade Ministers and Leaders were right to endorse its recommendations at the

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed today's ruling from the WTO Appellate Body in Geneva which confirmed that Canada's "special milk classes" scheme provided illegal export subsidies under t

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

New Zealand will lodge a request for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel to rule on the legality of the United States decision to impose tariffs on imports of New Zealand and Australian lamb.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says that the Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement which will be signed tomorrow with Argentina's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guido Di Tella, is an important

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith departs New Zealand tomorrow to attend a Ministerial level meeting of the Cairns Group in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

"Nonsense", was Trade Minister Lockwood Smith's reaction to reviewing Jim Anderton's 'evidence' to support the allegation that New Zealand was being excluded from regional forums because of its com

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith met today with Southland District Mayor Frana Cardno, Invercargill City Mayor Tim Shadbolt and Gore District Mayor Mary Ogg and local Member of Parliament Eric Roy.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has moved to clarify any misunderstanding that may exist around the United States International Trade Commission's (ITC) findings about the effect of imports of New Ze

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith met today with Southland District Mayor Frana Cardno, Invercargill City Mayor Tim Shadbolt and Gore District Mayor Mary Ogg and local Member of Parliament Eric Roy.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

New Zealand's efforts to overturn the imposition of US trade restrictions against imports of New Zealand lamb will go right to the wire according to Trade Minister Lockwood Smith.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

"Momentum is growing for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation," said Trade Minister Lockwood Smith from Budapest, Hungary today.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

New Zealand will have a strong business presence to showcase its investment potential to many of the world's major investors at a forum in Seoul next week according to Trade Minister Lockwood Smith

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

New Zealand and Australia are united against the threat of trade restrictions on lamb imports to the US according to Trade Minister Lockwood Smith.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith leaves New Zealand on Sunday to attend the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) in Paris.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says that he is frustrated by a United States decision to "roll-over" export subsidies for some dairy products.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed merchandise trade statistics released today which show that New Zealand's exports to the year ended March 1999 have experienced growth in the face of a di

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed the outcomes of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM II) which concluded in Christchurch on Friday 7 May 1999.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

The Government has allocated $450,000 of funding over the coming budget year to help New Zealand exporters gain better access to overseas markets, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith announced during a s

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

New Zealand tourism stands to gain huge benefits from a new agreement which grants access to increased numbers of Chinese visitors according to Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Lockwood Smith has announced new appointments to the Tourism Board on his first day back in New Zealand as new Minister of Tourism.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Rodney MP Lockwood Smith is delighted that Kaipara College in Helensville has been recognised with over a quarter of a million dollars to develop an early intervention programme for at risk student

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said that the situation in Geneva is positive for Mike Moore in view of the recommendation in his favour by the Chair of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Cou

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Trade