THE NEW head of US dairy farmers’ lobby group wants reforms of New Zealand’s dairy policies as part of a final Trade-Pacific Partnership deal.

FEDERATED FARMERS Dairy chairman Willie Leferink says he can understand Japanese dairy farmers’ opposition to free trade.

Confirmation of Japan joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is an important next step in expanding the reach of those negotiations, says to Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA.

Federated Farmers is elated US President, Barack Obama, has committed the US to the Trans Pacific Partnership in his State of the Union address.

A KEY Australian agricultural executive has warned if the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations get bogged down in complications, they will advise their Government not to bother.

A KEY Australian agricultural executive has warned if the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations get bogged down in complications, they will advise their Government not to bother.

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY, rice and wine exporters to Malaysia are the biggest winners in a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries last month.