NZ will continue to fight for the relevance of the WTO

NZ will continue to fight for the relevance of the WTO
Trade and export growth minister Damien O’Connor. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
Trade and export growth minister Damien O’Connor continued to talk up the need to protect a rules-based international trading system at this year’s Fieldays.When the New Zealand-European Union free trade agreement is in force, 75% of NZ’s trade will be covered by trade agreements and the country will “ultimately" only be protected by the World Trade Organisation, O'Connor said. “There’s a lot of tension, geopolitical tension across the globe and people are starting to use ad hoc interventions an...

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