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OPINION: When Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor arrives back in the country in a few days' time, don't expect him to be waving around a piece of paper saying NZ has nailed free trade agreements (FTAs) with the UK and EU.

OPINION: Trade Minister Damien O'Connor recently flew of to the UK and Eu in an effort to add some much needed momentum to the glacial pacde of free trade talks currently taking place between NZ and both Britain and Europe.

Plans for the United Kingdom to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have come with a warning from New Zealand dairy companies.

Trade issues are well traversed in the Meat Industry Association's (MIA) annual report.

The fallout from a golf match out in the west of Ireland could have negative repercussions on the outcome of New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union.

A passion for golf has led to the downfall of one of the European Union’s most powerful figures and the man who is heading the FTA trade negotiations with NZ.

Don’t blame the European Union for its “unacceptable” offer to NZ agriculture in current FTA negotiations, blame David Parker, says National's trade spokesman.

A free trade agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and the United Kingdom will likely not be straight forward.

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

Peter Burke on the shambles in Britain’s House of Commons and New Zealand's FTA talks.