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The end of digital free trade
Coming up in 2024: India and a WTO round focused on digital tariffs.
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Plant and Food's $4m war chest for biocontrol research
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Economy
Strong jobs data raises odds of a rate hike
Chance of OCR hike rises to 20% from 5% after Stats NZ data release.
Economy
Unemployment rises to 4% as wage growth continues
The rise was below what economists and the Reserve Bank of NZ had expected.
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