Story: Overseas trade policy

Possible free trade deal, 2008

New Zealand has long sought a free trade deal with the United States but political issues such as New Zealand’s anti-nuclear status stymied efforts up until the late 2000s. Negotiations were scheduled to get underway in March 2009 for a possible free trade deal between the United States, New Zealand, Brunei, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Peru and Vietnam, but the election of a Democratic president in the United States in 2008 saw talks postponed until November 2009.

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Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, 'Overseas trade policy - Diversification since 1990', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/21995/possible-free-trade-deal-2008 (accessed 23 April 2024)

Story by Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, published 11 Mar 2010