In this month's Trade Update, there is an update on TPP as the Government remains keen to keep it alive, plus a quick overview of the UK, EU, Sri Lanka, RCEPand the GCC.

Exporters are hugely grateful to John Key for the hard work he has done on their behalf all over the world. We move forward with a new Prime Minister into interesting times indeed - as outlined in my Trade Update below.

What a month it's been! We're just getting over the shock US election result and figuring out what this means for New Zealand exporters as Trump selects him team and makes announcements about his campaign promises.

The big news this month is a major shift happening in the make up of NZ's exports with game-changing growth in New Zealand’s technology export sector, as it breaks through the $1 billion growth mark for the first time.

As we enter into Spring, exporters have good reason to be in a buoyant mood.

One of the hot topics of late is of course the UK voting to leave the EU - and what will this mean for Kiwi exporters?!

How to stay internationally competitive, toolkits, trade missions and more...

Hear about market opportunities from New Zealand Ambassadors. Discover ways to create market cut-through with clever marketing, innovation and traceability, in our break-out sessions.

In this month's Trade Update I look at what's going on with the China FTA upgrade.

GS1 is commonly known as the 'bar code' organisation; but they do far more than this through the use of quality data, global standardization and a dash of technology. The Bay of Plenty ExportNZ Awards 2016 are taking place on Friday 24 June.