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 concept design for New Zealand’s pavilion at the upcoming Expo 2020 Dubai has been revealed. The design, in sum: sustainable Aotearoa-ness, to the max.Top image: Night view of the New Zealand pavilion for Expo 2020.

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.

Some countries were then exempted temporarily from those tariffs, including Canada, the EU and Mexico. China was not included in the exemptions and it later retaliated with its own duties on some US imports. Mr Trump responded by calling for further US tariffs against China, escalating trade tensions …

“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 …

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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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

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.

Journalist, broadcaster and former member of the press gallery Guyon Espiner analyses New Zealand’s foreign policy, and how it must look to outsiders, in the first of a new fortnightly column for RNZ.

A Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union is a decade overdue.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association have appointed Jeff Grant to support the red meat sector’s response to Brexit.  Mr Grant, who will be based in London, will work closely with B+LNZ’s Europe representative, the New Zealand Government and commercial interests to help strengthen the red meat sector’s ties with the United Kingdom and safeguard New Zealand’s exports to the key market.