Groser to attend FTA signing
It is good to see the Government has invited National MP (and former trade negotiator) Tim Groser to the China FTA signing. A bipartisan approach to trade policy is commendable. Tags: China, free trade...
View ArticleTreaty Settlements Ministers
Grant Robertson comments on the suggestion by Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa that all future Finance Ministers should also be Treaty Negotiation Ministers also. Dr Cullen has made admirable progress, and...
View ArticleHistorical treaty claims due in by midnight
The deadline for filing historical (prior to 1992) Treaty of Waitangi claims is at midnight tonight. Claimants have had over 20 years to file their claims, so the deadline is far from hasty as the...
View ArticleThe Auckland Seats
Starting at the top, the three northern seats of East Coast Bays, North Shore and Northcote were solid blue. Their party votes went up 9%, 4% and 11% respectively. In East Coast Bays almost three...
View ArticleGroser on Agenda
Just watching Trade Minister Tim Groser on Agenda, and it is nice to see someone who is so obviously an expert talk on their portfolio area. This isn’t always possible (or resirable) in every area, but...
View ArticleTim Groser on Climate Change
The Herald has an interesting Q&A with Tim Groser on climate change. Some extracts: With the Kyoto Protocol due to expire in 2012, what are the biggest obstacles to developing a new treaty? The...
View ArticleGroser speech on Trade
Last week Tim Groser gave a very good speech on trade to the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC. Worth reading the whole thing, but some extracts: Clearly there has been erosion in the confidence...
View ArticleFTA with Malaysia concluded
As the USA and Europe goes protectionist (or remains it), thank God for Asia. Tim Groser has just announced the FTA with Malaysia has been concluded. “Malaysia is our seventh largest trading partner –...
View ArticleWorking together for NZ
A photo of US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, with Goff and Groser, taken from Kirk’s blog. Fran O’Sullivan writes: A public show of Kiwi bipartisanship infiltrated Washington yesterday as Trade...
View ArticleAnd another free trade deal
The Herald reports: New Zealand has successfully concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with six oil-rich Gulf states, Trade Minister Tim Groser announced yesterday. The Gulf Co-operation...
View ArticleA small shuffle
John Key has announced: Steven Joyce becomes Tertiary Education Minister, allowing Anne Tolley to fully focus her efforts on the Education portfolio, and in particular the implementation of the...
View ArticleGregarious Groser
The Herald reports: Trade Minister Tim Groser has been warned, after a complaint was made about rowdy drinking and disruptive behaviour by him and some members of a trade mission on a flight from Dubai...
View ArticleNew Minister announced
Congrats to Simon Bridges who has been appointed Consumer Affairs Minister, plus Associate Transport and Climate Change. It was inevitable Simon would become a Minister at some stage – after three...
View ArticleGroser for WTO?
Stuff reports: Trade Minister Tim Groser has to decide whether he wants to throw his hat into the ring for the director general role at the World Trade Organisation, John Key says. The prime minister...
View ArticleGroser nominated for WTO Director-General
Stuff reports: Prime Minister John Key has confirmed the Government’s nomination of Trade Minister Tim Groser for the job of World Trade Organisation director general. Key said Groser’s name had been...
View ArticleGroser makes WTO short-list
Audrey Young reports: Trade Minister Tim Groser says his bid to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation is no longer “a long shot”. From the original nine candidates, Mr Groser...
View ArticleHerald on WTO bid
The Herald editorial: The Green Party is upset that Trade Minister Tim Groser’s international travel costs soared to almost $250,000 in the first three months of this year as he lobbied for support for...
View ArticleFran on the Groser beatup
Fran O’Sullivan writes: The faux outrage over Tim Groser hosting a so-called lavish dinner at which Patagonian tooth fish was served is absurd. Critics probably don’t think of themselves as “food...
View ArticleLabour defending Canadian dairy industry
The Herald reports: Trade Minister Tim Groser says he is not bothered that his name has apparently become a byword for undiplomatic behaviour. The Labour Party today accused him in Parliament of...
View ArticleListener profile of Tim Groser
Guyon Espiner did a profile of Tim Groser in February 2014 for The Listener. Is rather topical, and an interesting read. Tim Groser would make an abominable electorate MP. He’s pedantic and a little...
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