Displaying items by tag: BREXIT

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 07:55

Mission impossible

Agriculture and Trade Minister Damien O'Connor is off to Europe soon to try and breathe some life into free trade talks between NZ and the UK, and NZ and the European Union.

Published in World News

OPINION: Former NZ agriculture and trade minister, and ex-High Commissioner to the UK, Lockwood Smith, was the only non-UK member of the UK Trade & Agriculture Commission (TAC), which was tasked by Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss, to look at finding a way forward of Britain supporting trade liberalisation, while ensuring UK standards are not undermined.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 28 January 2021 12:55

New Zealand meat industry cautious over Brexit deal

The United Kingdom-European Union agreement – announced late last year –on post-Brexit trade arrangements will deliver certainty.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 05:55

Planning pays off

Contingency planning by the New Zealand meat industry appears to have paid off as Brexit took effect on January 1.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 08:25

Is a no deal Brexit the real deal?

A former Irish Prime Minister says even if the UK and EU manage to work out a deal over Brexit it will be very limited and cause a lot of disruption.

Published in World News
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 12:55

Quota split a major worry

New Zealand meat exporters want the EU and UK to get serious on reaching a deal on post-Brexit quotas.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 06:25

UK/EU trade scrap worries exporters

Britain's decision to break its deal with the EU over Brexit is creating uncertainty for NZ dairy exporters, according to Malcolm Bailey — chair of the Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ).

Published in General News
Monday, 02 March 2020 13:39

EU talks getting ‘tricky’

New Zealand's negotiations with the European Union on a free trade agreement are beginning to get tricky.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 25 February 2020 09:43

NZ to bend on GIs

The European Union wants New Zealand to bring in a much stricter set of rules for Geographical Indicators (GIs) on food, says an intellectual property (IP) expert.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 05 February 2020 11:49

Goodbye Britain... again — Editorial

OPINION: Those of us who have been around for quite a few years will remember the unhappy and heady days when Britain joined the then EEC on the January 1, 1973.

Published in Opinion
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