Indications at the APEC summit show that Peru, Australia and America are looking to join the currently active New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to an announcement made by the Chile Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley, made on the 21st of November at a meeting of trade ministers at the APEC summit, Australia and Peru are currently looking to join the four country FTA in its next round of expansions. A similar announcement was made in regards to the ... Read More

Prime Minister John Key is set to attend the APEC meeting in Lima, Per? on the 19th and 20th of November. The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) is most likely going to be based around the current economic situation of the world and the possible responses of all countries involved in the meeting. If the recently finished G20 summit is any indication, the economic situation will be the primary talking point. The meeting is attended by 20 world leaders, and over 3600 delegates. Figures ... Read More

According to US-NZ Council president John Mullen, the newly elected Barack Obama can only be good news for a US-NZ Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The visiting US-NZ Council president John Mullen was quoted as saying that Barack Obama does not wish to reverse any globalisation work done so far, and that the? situation would only be worse off if it were. He said that relations between the United States and New Zealand are at the highest point that they have been at in ... Read More