The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes today’s announcement of an Agreement in Principle for a future NZ UK Free Trade Agreement....
UK FTA BREAKTHROUGH WELCOME NEWS AT A CHALLENGING TIME
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Old friends, New opportunities – a discussion paper on the potential for a UK-NZ FTA
November 2018 – In a new report, the New Zealand International Business Forum examines the case for an ambitious FTA between New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The UK is one of New Zealand’s oldest and closest trading partners, and although the current relationship is solid, there is clearly potential to deepen and broaden the trade and economic engagement and bring the relationship into the 21st-century. There would commercial, economic and strategic benefits for both sides in such a deal.
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