Export deal will boost dairy prices, Fonterra says
The elimination of export subsidies for agricultural exports is a watershed for world trade that will help boost dairy prices, Fonterra says.
US dairy lobby driven by fear in TPPA talks
Fears of New Zealand flooding the US with dairy products drove its powerful dairy lobby in preventing better access to its highly protected dairy market in the TPPA negotiations, outgoing DairyNZ chairman John Luxton says.
Give Trade a Chance Restart Russia Agreement
New Zealand should restart negotiations on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement based around true free trade, says New Zealand First.
Pacific trade deal a 'medium sized dead rat' for New Zealand dairy farmers, who want US, Canada to 'put on the big kiddie pants'
As Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations dragged on in Atlanta last week, New Zealand’s trade minister said each country would have to make «ugly compromises» to get a deal done.
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dairy Products Emerge As Latest Sticking Point In TPP Trade Negotiations
The toughest item standing in the way of a landmark free-trade agreement among 12 Pacific Rim countries is entirely prosaic: milk.
Russians say 'da' to New Zealand dairy imports
Some Russian restrictions on importing dairy ingredients from New Zealand are being lifted, two years after they were imposed because of a botulism scare.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Session Ends With Heels Dug In
Tokyo was ready to extend major concessions on American truck tariffs but was blocked by Mexico, which wanted less competition for its own trucks in the United States market.
TPP: Trans Pacific Partnership talks fail in face of NZ, Canada dairy clash
Pacific Rim trade ministers have failed to clinch a deal to free up trade between a dozen nations after a dispute flared between Japan and North America over autos, New Zealand dug in over dairy trade and no agreement was reached on monopoly periods for next-generation drugs.
TPP deal gallops closer, but NZ seeks more dairy gains
The latest moves by the United States Senate are a big step forward and put the prospect of a 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal into the home straight.
Canada returns fire on Groser's dairy comments
A Canadian dairy industry analyst said he could not fathom New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser’s «aggressive» attack on the sector and said New Zealand was playing with fire.