Fonterra 'very disappointed' with limited TPP dairy deal
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand government faces a tough job defending the outcome of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement, in which it gained limited new access into the highly protected dairy markets of the US, Canada, Japa...
TPP deal gives limited win for NZ dairy, US gives way on drug patents
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Twelve Pacific Rim nations have reached a deal on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership in the American city of Atlanta, ending more than five years of negotiations to create the largest trade and investment pact since the Urug...
Atlanta TPP talks head into the night
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Intensive negotiations are going on into the late evening in Atlanta, Georgia, as trade ministers from the 12 nations seek to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact, seven years after talks first began. A...
Meat workers square off with Talley's Affco in Employment Court
By Fiona Rotherham Oct. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Wairoa meat workers who’ve refused to sign individual contracts with Talleys Group-controlled meat processor Affco New Zealand packed the public gallery of the Employment Court today in a hearing on a long-running stoush between the c...
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