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Where the Trans Pacific Partnership goes from here will be very interesting, says Onions NZ chief executive Michael Ahern.

Surprise surprise, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has at last been concluded and no babies have been murdered.

Even with the ANZAC relationship dating back 100 years, it seems the lack of commitment by our Australian cousins cost New Zealand's dairy sector more meaningful gains from the recently concluded TPP negotiations.

Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says he's intrigued at the way most other countries deal with environmental issues on dairy farms.

Better dairy trade between key economies by tariff elimination would reduce volatility in global dairy prices, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

The TPP outcome for dairy is a "big disappointment", says Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ) chairman Malcom Bailey.

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is signed. Now comes the hard part.

As All Blacks coach Steve Hansen would say, a win is a win, albeit an unconvincing one with plenty of room for improvement.

The US dairy interests will realise within five to 10 years they got it wrong by opposing dairy tariff removal in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

The Wood Council of New Zealand says the forest and wood processing industry is happy the TPP.