Displaying 1 - 24 of 116 results.

Pacific regional trade and development agreement PACER Plus will enter into force in 60 days now that the required eight countries have ratified it.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, wherever in the world you might be.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand has joined Canada and Chile in a new trade initiative aimed at increasing women’s participation in global trade.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment and Hon David Parker MP, New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth, met virtually on Thursday 23 July to conduct annual Closer Economic Relations discussions between two of the world’s most integrated economies.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Today I would like to discuss the “state of the world” in international trade, the concerning trend towards protectionism and three major challenges I see ahead of us.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker announced today that New Zealand’s hosting of APEC in 2021 will go ahead using virtual digital platforms.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon David Parker
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand and the UK have formally launched free trade negotiations today. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand today signed the first trade agreement to focus on issues solely relating to the digital economy.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Launch of the Government’s Trade Recovery Strategy - June 8, 2020

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

“This Budget is about creating jobs. We know how businesses and workers have been impacted by this global pandemic. This Government is backing businesses to regain the confidence to invest as we work together to grow the economy in the face of this global recession,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  • Economic Development
  • Research, Science and Innovation
  • Revenue
  • Small Business
  • Trade and Export Growth

The 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers responsible for trade have committed to work together to ensure trade and investment continue to flow to help counter the impact of COVID-19.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Strong international demand for New Zealand’s food, despite the global effects of COVID-19, could help provide a springboard to get more Kiwis into primary sector jobs, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand and 18 other WTO Members have established an interim solution for hearing appeals in trade disputes between governments until the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body becomes fully functional again.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Trade can help New Zealand to rebound, rebuild and recover from the COVID 19 pandemic,  Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker said.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand and Singapore today launched a new trade initiative to ensure supply chain connectivity and the removal of blockages to trade in a list of essential products that includes medicines, medical and surgical equipment.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand will temporarily remove tariffs on all medical and hygiene imports needed for the COVID-19 response.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  • Trade and Export Growth

Canada, Australia, Chile, Brunei and Myanmar have joined forces with New Zealand and Singapore by committing to keep supply chains open and remove any existing trade restrictive measures on essential goods, especially medical supplies, in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand and Singapore have jointly committed to keep supply chains open and to remove any existing trade restrictive measures on essential goods, especially medical supplies, in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Joint ministerial statement by Singapore and New Zealand affirming commitment to ensuring supply chain connectivity amidst the COVID-19 situation.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ambassador David Walker has been appointed to chair the WTO General Council.  

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker met today with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss ways to strengthen ties between New Zealand and India.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon David Parker
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Trade and Export Growth

Strengthening New Zealand’s political and business ties with India will be the focus of Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters’ and Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker’s visit to India this week.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon David Parker
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Trade and Export Growth

The Government has kept up the pace of its work to promote New Zealand’s trade interests and diversify our export markets, with visits to Fiji and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

A proposal to cut “trade and production-distorting subsidies” in the agricultural sector by 2030 has set out important measures to ensure a fair agricultural trading system.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth