USTR Notes Growing Trade Relationship With New Zealand
At the same time that U.S. trade policy is disrupting sales to our biggest trading partners -- Canada, China, the European Union, Japan and Mexico -- the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is highlighting talks with tiny New Zealand.…
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USTR announced on July 23 that the two countries concluded two days of talks on July 20 under the Trade Investment and Framework Agreement. The U.S. pressed New Zealand for improvements in honoring intellectual property. The two countries "agreed to a program of expanded cooperation on issues of shared interest, including working together to address trade barriers in third-country markets and exchanging information about unfair trade practices," the release said. It marked the second time New Zealand officials and top USTR officials have met this summer (see 1706160026)