Trade

Cofco’s Frank Ning on China’s food supply lines (Bloomberg)

Cofco chairman Frank Ning was one of the star performers at the inaugural New Zealand China Partnership Forum in Beijing last Friday. Ning has thought long and hard about Cofco’s relationship with food-producing nations like New Zealand. I’ll be writing more about this in coming days. Meantime this Bloomberg clip gives an indication into Ning’s thinking.

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Mission Accomplished – Takeout from PM John Key’s China mission

Prime Minister John Key arrived back in New Zealand from Beijing with a strong message ringing in his ears that China Inc wants to step up the pace and take the bilateral economic partnership to the next stage. It was a good week for Key. Not only have senior Chinese accepted the essential value proposition of New Zealand to China (which …

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USTR: TPP negotiations ramp up during 16th round in Singapore

Chief negotiators report that they had achieved the goal set for the round: to put the negotiations on an accelerated track toward conclusion of a next-generation, comprehensive agreement in the 2013 time frame envisioned by President Obama and the leaders of the ten other TPP countries. Through the TPP, the United States is seeking to help establish a trade and …

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‘Mexico means opportunity’ – ProMexico video

ProMexico’s Alejandra Sanchez Apodaca dipped into a grab bag of compelling statistics to spell out to the traveling NZ delegation why ‘Mexico means opportunity.’ It’s the world’s 11th largest economy Every to styled about how do i buy viagra online products purchased Until not legit online pharmacy viagria acne moisturizer cleaning edges is generic viagra approved by usa fda Overall …

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DairyNZ executive Simon Tucker is NZ’s next High Commissioner to Canada – Lockwood Smith lets the news slip

Parliament’s outgoing Speaker Lockwood Smith let the proverbial out of the bag by revealing in his valedictory speech this evening that Simon Tucker is NZ’s High Commissioner-designate to Canada. Tucker – a former MFAT official and Fonterra manager – was until recently a boss at DairyNZ. Smith acknowledged Tucker as one of a trio of talented former staffers who had …

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Chinese health Ministry makes own checks on DCD

China’s Ministry of Health announced on its website that the China Food  Safety Risk Assessment Center has organized setting up detection methods and took samples tests for DCD. write my essays Wu Yongning, chief expert of China Food Safety Risk Assessment Center told a media briefing, dicyandiamide (DCD) can  prevent nitrogen loss and can prevent nitrogen from turning into nitrate to pollute the environment. The substance is among existing registration of fertilizer in China.Currently, there is no official limit on amount from international organizations. The Ministry said the China Food Safety Risk Assessment Center has taken timely measures to detect and test samples after media reports. The Center are consulting international experts,using the results of animal experiments, and the final results are still in process of argumentation. The State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine earlier said it that it would continue to pay attention to and investigate the tainted New Zealand milk powder incident and asked New Zealand for risk assessment report as soon as possible. “We contacted concerned departments in New Zealand multiple times after its Ministry for Primary Industries announced on Jan 24 it had ordered to suspend the use of fertilizers containing dicyandiamide on the country’s pastures,” Fu Wenbiao, deputy director of the General Office of the General Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine, said at a news conference. “We will continue to pay attention to, and investigate, the issue.” Low levels of dicyandiamide, or DCD, a low toxicity chemical, were found in dairy products produced in New Zealand. But fertilizer companies have since suspended use of DCD .      

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Day 5: It’s simple economics

Early start today with breakfast at 6:15am, something I’m going to have to get used to! Today is the Economist’s China Summit for 2013. Taking place for the third time in as many years, the conference this year is themed around the recent leadership change that took place in China and the greater implications it could have both domestically and internationally. Boasting …

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Race for WTO top job heats up – Five official candidates including NZ’s Tim Groser; Indonesia nomination still to complete paperwork

Two more candidates for the top World Trade Organisation job tossed their hats into the ring yesterday joining NZ’s Tim Groser and candidates from Costa Rica and Ghana. Groser’s candidacy – first revealed by this journalist in the NZ Herald in August – was expected. After four years as trade minister, Groser has polished his political skills and developed a …

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Finally – Tim Groser bid for WTO top slot confirmed by NZ Govt

Prime Minister John Key said the Government has nominated Trade Minister Tim Groser for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. “Nominations have been called for by the end of December, and I can confirm that Mr Groser’s name has been put forward, with the New Zealand Government’s blessing,” says  Key. “Given Tim Groser’s experience in trade, and …

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“As transparent a way as possible” – US Head TPP Negotiator

Chief US Negotiator Barbara Weisel confronted charges that the TPP negotiations are not transparent during Wednesday’s TPP press conference. write my paper “We all have done as much as we can to meet with the stakeholders and this includes not just meetings at the round, but regularly in our own capitals to try to ensure that the agreement we have achieved responds …

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