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Mar 31, 2008
Are The Good Times Over For North Asia Beef Exports
Owen Hembry writes a good review of the big issues in today's NZ Herald. The Hive sees real threats to New Zealand interests in this region - an Australia-Japan FTA and the US-Korea FTA being high on the list. New Zealand is going to have to redouble efforts to maintain its position. FTA negotiations with Japan and Korea need to be very high priorities for Government.