News of Chinese regulatory changes has given local investors jitters and hit Australasian infant formula and health supplement stocks.

New Zealand lamb is being sold under label set up by Prince Charles to promote best of British.

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?

New Zealand's merchant trade surplus reached $339 million in February.

New Zealand and Australia should act as one when working towards trade agreements, says John Key.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won an air cargo cartel appeal against Air New Zealand.

New Zealand's trade with Iran could surpass pre-sanction levels and tap into "vast possibilities", Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.

A steep rise in China's reported imports from Hong Kong has raised concerns that trade invoices are being manipulated to get capital.

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.

New Zealand's terms of trade declined in the fourth quarter as weaker prices for dairy and meat saw export prices falling more than import prices.

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

In the past, apprenticeships were often seen as something for people who didn't get good enough grades to go to university. Times have changed, reports Danielle Wright

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.

Challenge is to extract more 'domestic value added', write Denis McNamara and John Ballingall.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade argues the project has taken them closer to a free trade deal.

Port of Tauranga, New Zealand's biggest port company, reported a 9 per cent drop in first-half profit as export log volumes fell.

The use of sanctions against Russia are a symbolic reminder that the Putin leadership had seriously misread the international situation, writes Robert Patman.

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

What will be the likely impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on our "100% Pure" brand, central to tourism and a significant driver of economic growth? I