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ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade Update – August 2023

Trade Update August 2023 As often happens during the European and North American summer breaks the intensity of trade policy negotiations have eased up a bit. While there has been intensive lobbying on CPTPP with the Chinese Ambassador even going public in support of...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade Update – July 2023

NZ-EU FTA The Prime Minister, as expected, travelled to Brussels en route to the NATO Summit in Vilnius and signed the FTA with the EU. The Agreement now needs to be ratified by both sides but no officials or Ministers we speak to expect this to be a problem. ...

Webinar –  Building Trade Relations with India – An Australian Perspective

Webinar – Building Trade Relations with India – An Australian Perspective

The ground-breaking economic cooperation agreement recently signed by India and Australia shows a pathway for New Zealand to take to improve our economic relationship with India.

ExportNZ hosted an insightful webinar where we explored the dynamics of the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) and gained a deeper understanding for New Zealand to strengthen its relationship with India.

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update June 2023

Our predictions last month about Prime Ministerial travel to China and Brussels have proven correct.  The Prime Minister leads a sizeable trade delegation to China next week and will travel to Brussels at the time of the July NATO summit to progress the FTA with the...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update May 2023

New Zealand-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Well done Prime Minister Hipkins and the negotiating team.  While delayed, a little, the end of May entry into force of the NZ-UK FTA is an excellent outcome.  The challenge now is for our exporters and...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update April 2023

Comprehensive & Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership The month began with big trade policy news. An agreement in principle was reached between CPTPP members to allow the UK to join the agreement.  There is still some work to do before the UK is able to sign...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update

March 2023 The Comprehensive & Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership The United Kingdom is close to accession after talks with CPTPP partners earlier this month. The UK’s accession has been a challenging process, particularly in relation to how to...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update

February 2023 CPTPP – UK Negotiations Close to Ending? It has been a good few months for CPTPP.  Malaysia and Chile have ratified the agreement.  Of the original members, this only leaves Brunei as not yet ratified. Officials seem hopeful that Brunei will...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update
January 2023

New Zealand Chairing the CPTPP Commission It will be New Zealand’s turn to host the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Commission in 2023, with trade ministers from the 11 member countries converging in Auckland in July. New...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update
November 2022

2022 ExportNZ DHL Export Barometer Survey Report ExportNZ and DHL partner annually to survey exporters about the industry environment and their expectations for the future. This year’s survey showed us that exporters are optimistic about their exporting futures (67...

ExportNZ Trade  & Advocacy Update – October 2023

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update October 2022

ExportNZ Trade & Policy Update October 2022 It has been another busy month for the New Zealand trade policy team. The month has seen a CPTPP Council meeting and a negotiating session on the UK CPTPP Accession.  New Zealand is preparing to take on the CPTPP...