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Affluent markets are the key prize in a free trade agreement with the EU, says ag trade envoy Mike Petersen.

Even with a free trade agreement you can have "enormous challenges" if you don't have authorities on each side of the border supporting the passage of goods, Prime Minister John Key says.

Prime Minister John Key has praised the dairy industry for driving innovation and technology at the opening of Waikato Milking Systems new $13 million building in Hamilton today.

A free trade agreement could be on the cards for New Zealand and the EU, says the Delegation of the European Union to New Zealand.

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

A trade analyst is calling for greater transparency in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.

Trade minister Tim Groser has a controversial message for dairy farmers – volatility is their friend. The industry has lived with it for 130 years, he says. 

The New Zealand China Council is backing the findings of a report that affirms our future lies with China despite an economic slowdown there.

MILK POWDER, BUTTER, and cheese led an increase in exports in April, with their value up over one-third, to $1.2 billion, compared with April 2013.

THE GOVERNMENT IS to boost NZTE's trade presence in China, South America and the Middle East to help more New Zealand firms break into these growing markets.