Following the Brexit vote, odds are growing that governments will be jolted by mounting populist pressures worldwide.

International dairy prices edged down at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index falling by 0.4 per cent since the previous sale last month.

Who's opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership ? Right wing US Presidential candidate Donald Trump.

UKIP leader says Britain should never have turned its back on New Zealand when it joined the Common Market.

New Zealand posted a bigger than expected trade surplus in May as exports of logs, fruit jump.

New Zealand posted a bigger-than-expected trade surplus in April as volumes of kiwifruit and apples drove exports.

COMMENT: The US holds the whip hand because the agreement can't come into force without its approval.

Dairy prices should start improving 'in the medium term'.

Today, we talk exclusively to the AFFCO meatworker who spent an hour and a half with a meat hook impaled in his head.

COMMENT: Recent estimates show that most members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will make substantial gains, unlike those who opt not to participate.

New Zealand trade officials have signed a deal with the world's largest online marketplace, China's Alibaba Group.

COMMENT: Free trade will top PM's priorities, with issues including dairy, territory and extradition.

COMMENT: These days, the worst multinational corporations have names you've never heard.

Prime Minister John Key will visit China this month to discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries.

The price of the vanilla bean has more than tripled in the past year as output slips and quality suffers.

The long-held faith in open markets is beginning to fade - and it isn't just political rhetoric, reports Bill Powell.

COMMENT: Does economics still believe in free trade?

Five other countries have informally expressed interest in joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.

Under Key and Turnbull's leadership, the relationship between the nations is now stronger and closer than between any other country on earth, writes Alex Malley.

New Zealand wholesale trade dips in fourth quarter on decline in basic material products.

De Beers is ramping up diamond sales to cash in on a recovery from last year's slump.

Population growth, construction and tourism offset declines in NZ dairy prices.

To the extent that robots become a less expensive input than labor in the production process, multinationals will be encouraged to "onshore" output to move it closer to their customer bases.

New Zealand unexpectedly posted a trade surplus last month as exports rose more than forecast, with higher shipments of wood, dairy and fruit.

President Barack Obama told governors Monday that he remains "cautiously optimistic" that Congress will approve a sweeping trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations this year.

Excess supply in industry augurs tough six months.

Ports of Auckland posted a 9.5 percent increase in first-half profit as the country's third-biggest port slashed its maintenance bill.

NZ Trade and Enterprise has released a new set of guidelines for doing business with post-sanctions Iran.

Threats to tear up Trans-Pacific Partnership have damaging implications for our trade.