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FREE TRADE FOR NZ

Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 by Shem Banbury

Prime Minister John Key was tonight preparing to present New Zealand's case for a free trade agreement at meetings with United States Vice-President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the eve of a 47-nation nuclear security summit in Washington.


Mr Key was due to meet Mr Biden in the White House about midnight (NZT) followed by a formal lunch with Mr Vilsack.

Acting Prime Minister Bill English today described the meetings as "a pretty special opportunity" to advance New Zealand's trade interests.

"The practical negotiations have just got started and of course negotiating any trade deal with the US is going to be a complex job requiring persistence, so the prime minister is taking the opportunity to push our case every chance he can," Mr English said.

Talks started last month in Melbourne on a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which would extend the previously negotiated P4 trade agreement between New Zealand, Brunei, Chile and Singapore to include the US, Australia, Peru and Vietnam.

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