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

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.

Address to Istanbul Business Forum

Address to Koc University, Istanbul.

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

Opening Address, China Business Forum, Hyatt Regency, Auckland

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.

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.

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.

Address to Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China.

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

Speech to Japan Press Club

Trade, Defence and Disarmament Minister Phil Goff travels to Japan and South Korea today to discuss a range of issues spanning his portfolio responsibilities.

A major trade mission to Shanghai and Beijing will coincide with the launch of the first direct air service between New Zealand and China.

Latest trade statistics show that trade with Indonesia has grown in the year to June 2006 by $127 million.

Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting in Auckland covers Free Trade Agreement currently under negotiation.

New Zealand’s trade and economic relationship with Australia was the subject of a dedicated Ministerial Forum in Cairns.

NZ Ministers launch Trans Tasman mutual recognition guide

Trade Minister Phil Goff leaves for Cairns on Tuesday to attend the annual Closer Economic Relations (CER) trade and economic Ministers meeting and the Cairns Group 20th Anniversary Ministerial meeting, both meetings will be hosted by Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile.