Kate MacNamara: Trade talks between New Zealand and the UK get tougher
11 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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How much market access will be offered to New Zealand exporters? Photo / 123RF
NZ Herald
OPINION:
For years now, New Zealand and the UK have swapped flattery, neither one losing an opportunity to publicly coo about the promise of closer trading relations with the other. But in New Zealand, the
warmth of that praise is starting to cool.
Last week, Trade Minister Damien O'Connor welcomed British International Trade Secretary Liz Truss' confirmation that she would formally seek admission to the Pacific Rim trading group, the CPTPP.