The Government is disappointed New Zealand has not been included in the announcement by President Trump on exemptions from steel and aluminium tariffs, Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker says.

The judges are three experts in the area of trade: Mike Atkins, Head of Trade Finance at ASB; Charles Finny, Government Relations Consultant, Saunders Unsworth; Rachel Baxter, Customer Managers' Team Leader, NZ Trade and Enterprise.

The winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner at the Napier War Memorial Centre on Thursday, August 2. The judges will be ExportNZ Hawke's Bay chairman Alasdair MacLeod, NZ Trade and Enterprise customer director Dan Taylor, and ASB head of international trade Mike Atkins.

“The agreement also represents a significant first step in setting up a mutually recognised secure trade scheme between New Zealand and the European Union. A secure trade scheme with the European Union will give accredited New Zealand exporters a major advantage in the form of faster clearance … Continue to the full release   ||  May 01, 2018   |||     MSCNewsWire can link viewers to your websiteMSCNewsWire can link viewers to your website

It’s early days. It was a momentous occasion the meeting between Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae In and here’s hoping for better times for the divided Koreas – to become as one or at least open North Korea to become a more open society writes NZManufacturer editor Doug Green 

New Zealand posted its first trade deficit for a March month in a decade as a jump in fuel imports outweighed higher exports of butter and logs

Apr 26 - David Parker, who holds the portfolios of Trade and Export Growth and Economic Development, will also meet the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Melbourne-based Consul General and Trade Commissioner and NZTE contacts for an update on NZTE activities in Australia. ends.

The world is taking notice of under the radar New Zealand companies making inroads in Latin America, writes Victoria University's Dr Eldrede Kahiya for Newsroom.

Apr 24 - "We're more focused in the interim of course on securing a free trade agreement with Europe, which we're making steady progress towards them starting negotiations, getting the mandate to start on their side. "And of course have other negotiating priorities with China." Mr Peters also made controversial …

Apr 24 - If they do we'll all breathe a sigh of relief, with our fieriest politician, Winston Peters, even talking about a free trade deal with the rogue country in the future, and why not? Some are saying it's a bit rich for our Foreign Minister, who hasn't exactly built his career as a free trader, to now be beating that …

Apr 24 - The EU's trade chief said Monday that the bloc's two most powerful leaders will tell U.S. President Donald Trump to back off on plans to impose steel and aluminum tariffs when they visit Washington this week. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela …