31 May 2021

UK trade negotiations resume next week

From Nine To Noon, 9:39 am on 31 May 2021

As Australia edges closer to agreeing a trade deal with the UK, attention is turning to what will be on offer for New Zealand. New Zealand is due to resume its own trade talks next week, with Trade Minister Damien O'Connor travelling to London and Brussels to pursue Free Trade Agreements with the EU and the UK. The UK has already offered trade deals terms to Australia under which both countries would phase out taxes on imports over 15 years. Any post-Brexit deal that Australia reaches with the UK will likely be viewed as a precedent for what New Zealand could achieve. Kathryn speaks with Malcolm Bailey, a farmer and chair of the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, and Dave Harrison, Beef and Lamb's general manager of policy and advocacy.