Editorial: We are Trumped
OPINION: Nothing it seems can be done in the short term to get Donald Trump to change his mind about removing the unfair 15% tariffs that he’s imposed on New Zealand exports to the US.
Trade policy specialist Wade Armstrong has been appointed one of two government representatives on the New Zealand Meat Board.
Armstrong has extensive experience as a principal advisor trade policy with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), where his career has spanned more than three decades. He has had eight overseas postings, including as ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), High Commissioner to Canada, and ambassador to the European Union in Brussels.
He is part of the MFAT Trade and Economic team which is responsible for New Zealand's trade negotiating effort at the WTO and for Free Trade Agreements, including the current Trans Pacific, Korea and India negotiations.
Armstrong replaces Alastair Bisley who served on the New Zealand Meat Board from 2004-2012.
The board includes six farmer representatives and two processor-exporter appointees as well as two government appointees.
The New Zealand Meat Board has two functions – quota management and reserves management. Country-Specific Quotas managed by the New Zealand Meat Board on behalf of the Government are the sheep meat and goat meat quotas to the European Union, the High Quality Beef Quota to the European Union, and the Beef and Veal Quota to the United States.
New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters is ratcheting up pressure on Fonterra farmers as they vote on divesting the co-operative’s consumer and related businesses.
Alliance Group's Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef has been recognised on the world stage, securing top honours at the World Steak Challenge in the Netherlands.
Meat co-operative, Alliance has met with a group of farmer shareholders, who oppose the sale of a controlling stake in the co-op to Irish company Dawn Meats.
Rollovers of quad bikes or ATVs towing calf milk trailers have typically prompted a Safety Alert from Safer Farms, the industry-led organisation dedicated to fostering a safer farming culture across New Zealand.
The Government has announced it has invested $8 million in lower methane dairy genetics research.
A group of Kiwi farmers are urging Alliance farmer-shareholders to vote against a deal that would see the red meat co-operative sell approximately $270 million in shares to Ireland's Dawn Meats.
OPINION: Ageing lefty Chris Trotter reckons that the decision to delay recognition of Palestinian statehood is more than just a fit…
OPINION: A mate of yours truly recently met someone at a BBQ who works at a big consulting firm who spent…