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Push for huge free trade agreement

A new giant Asian free trade negotiation was launched last night (NZ time) at the end of the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, with a goal to complete the deal by the end of 2015.

NZ dollar falls on forecast of Oz interest rate cut

Dairy prices up in overnight auction (+graphic)

Prices of dairy products rose in the latest online dairy auction, the third straight gain.

Fran O'Sullivan: Free trade deal offers big payoff

Key's positioning was smart politics given the upside for New Zealand when - not if - the TPP is concluded, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

PM has informal discussion with Obama

Prime Minister John Key had an informal discussion with US President Barack Obama in Phnom Penh this morning and the issue of Kim Dotcom appears to have been discussed.

NZ dollar gains on US fiscal cliff, Greek hopes

John Key meets Obama

United States President Barack Obama will open Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Cambodia while new negotiations offer up India, Japan and South Korea.

Aussie parochialism knobbles Kiwi suppliers - Coles

NZ dollar gains after troika's Greece report

The New Zealand dollar gained after a report proposed giving Greece two more years to meet budget targets.

China rejects NZ baby formula

"Substandard" NZ-made baby formula and milk powder is being rejected at China's border, raising concerns that media coverage could damage our reputation.

NZ dollar at near three-week low vs US

NZ dollar drops after gloomy unemployment data

The big OE: Exporting to the world

NZ dollar gains vs euro on weak growth forecasts

Silicon Valley geeks heading this way

Overseas land figures disputed

The recent debate over how much of our farmland is overseas owned shows very large differences in estimates, writes Bill Rosenberg.