New Zealand
New Zealand is a party to a number of completed free trade and investment agreements. These are: the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Agreement (1983); the New Zealand-Singapore Closer Economic Partnership (2001); the New Zealand-Thailand Closer Economic Partnership (2005); the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership or P4 (2005); the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement (2008), the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand free trade agreement (2009), the New Zealand-Malaysia FTA (2009),an FTA with the GCC, (2009) and the New Zealand-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership (2010).
A New Zealand-India deal has been mooted. New Zealand’s government has indicated that it wants FTAs with Korea and Taiwan
While talk of a US-New Zealand FTA was hotly resisted and never got off the ground, partly because of New Zealand’s anti-nuclear policy, the expansion of what was initially called the P4 agreement to include the US (the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement) threatens to bring important changes to New Zealand policies.
New Zealand has also signed a number of IPPAs (bilateral investment treaties) with Chile, Argentina, Hong Kong, China and others.
last update: May 2012
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9-Sep-2012 Free trade deal hinges on PM’s charm offensive
Vladimir Putin has serious form in the macho stakes: He’s tranquilised a Siberian tiger to save a TV crew, attached a tracking device to a polar bear, ridden horses bare-chested and was this week filmed at the sharp end of a motorised hang-glider (suitably frocked-up in a white jump suit and goggles) teaching young cranes to fly on a new migration path. -
7-Sep-2012 Stuff Russian FTA hangs in balance - Key
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says a free trade deal with Russia "hangs in the balance" after Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov expressed nervousness about the deal, especially the impact on agricultural exports. -
25-Jun-2012 Stuff Foreign lawsuits already a threat
As activists and the Government clash over the alleged inclusion of investor protections in the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, a legal expert says many foreign investors already have that right -
11-Jun-2012 Dairy access a hurdle in Russia trade deal talks
The Government says New Zealand’s robust dairy sector is the main sticking point in brokering a free-trade deal with Russia. -
8-Apr-2012 City state will remain testing ground for mainland reforms
The Hong Kong Government forged a Closer Economic Partnership agreement (CEPA) because it admired New Zealand’s free trade credentials. -
1-Apr-2012 Key needs to get tough over trade deal
Prime Minister John Key will be disappointed to leave Seoul without a firm commitment from Lee Myung-bak to finalise the bilateral free trade negotiations before the South Korean President leaves office this year. -
26-Mar-2012 Key plugs free-trade deal with Seoul
Time is running out for New Zealand to secure a quality free-trade agreement with Korea, Prime Minister John Key has admitted. -
26-Mar-2012 Xinhua New Zealand eyes FTA with S. Korea this year
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key would like to see a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea agreed this year in order to bolster bilateral trade links, despite admitting Monday that some South Korean industries would resist a deal. -
26-Oct-2011 NZ Herald Free trade triumvirate next coup for NZ
After China and Hong Kong, New Zealand will now seek a free trade agreement with Taiwan -
16-Jul-2011 Korean fishing company pledges cooperation
A Christchurch-based company which charters Korean fishing boats for New Zealand waters says it will cooperate with a ministerial inquiry into conditions aboard foreign fishing boats. -
4-Jul-2011 Otago Daily Times Key says child labour not part of FTA
India’s use of child labour is unacceptable but free trade agreement negotiations are not the forum to deal with it, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says. -
28-Jun-2011 Dairy unaffected by India deal
Waikato farmers will benefit from a potential free trade agreement with India but it will not have a direct impact on the dairy payout, according to a Waikato academic. -
26-Jun-2011 Trade deal with India likely to be tough ask
Trade Minister Tim Groser says it’s crucial that New Zealand develops a strong commercial relationship with India, which he describes as the world’s second emerging superpower. -
26-Jun-2011 ’Big, tough issues’ yet to come in trade talks
New Zealand might settle for a free trade agreement (FTA) with India that is "slightly different" to the "completely comprehensive" deal with China. -
26-Jun-2011 John Key eyes free trade in India visit
The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave tomorrow for an official state visit to India. John Key will discuss trade and tourism with India’s political and business leaders. -
21-Mar-2011 NZ Herald EU NZ trade talks ’premature’
Talks on a free trade agreement between the European Union and New Zealand would be premature at this point, says EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht. -
3-Jan-2011 AFP New Zealand launches Hong Kong trade agreement
New Zealand and Hong Kong launched a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) Monday which New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said was part of a regional drive towards trade growth through liberalisation. -
16-Nov-2010 Xinhua La Nouvelle-Zélande et la Russie entameront des négociations sur un accord de libre-échange
Le gouvernement néo-zélandais a confirmé que les négociations sur un accord de libre-échange avec la Russie débuteraient l’année prochaine. -
16-Nov-2010 AFN Fonterra welcomes trade negotiations with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
Fonterra said today the announcement of full Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Russia and its Customs Union partners, Belarus and Kazakhstan, had the potential to make the region an even more important partner for the New Zealand dairy industry. -
13-Nov-2010 Stuff New Zealand, Russia to start free trade talks
New Zealand and Russia have agreed to kick start talks on a free trade agreement that will be a first for the former Soviet republic.
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Arena
Arena is an Aotearoa/New Zealand network of individuals and organizations committed to resist corporate ‘globalization’ in all its forms. -
Our World Is Not For Sale (New Zealand)
The OUR WORLD IS NOT FOR SALE campaign was formed around building the protests at the September 2007 US-NZ Partnership Forum, the global justice campaign aims to build public support and organisation against the signing of any form of free trade agreement between the United States and New Zealand.
