PM welcomes significant Pacific trade deal progress
PM welcomes significant Pacific trade deal progress
Prime Minister John Key has welcomed today’s announcement of the broad outlines for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement, and hailed it as an important step towards gaining greater access for New Zealand exporters.
The agreement was announced at a meeting of the nine countries in the TPP hosted by US President Barack Obama on the fringes of the APEC summit on Honolulu.
Remarks by Ambassador Ron Kirk on U.S. Trade Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Remarks by Ambassador Ron Kirk on U.S. Trade Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
“Thank you, Tom. It’s always a pleasure to be here. I also want to recognize my distinguished predecessors: Ambassador Carla Hills, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, and Ambassador Susan Schwab. I am privileged to build on the work that you all have done at USTR. I appreciate the important points Tom just made about continuing to pursue a big and bold U.S. trade agenda, and I agree we have to seize every opportunity to create American jobs and put more people back to work.
