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The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement is a model free trade agreement. As the first trade agreement with a membership spanning Asia, Oceania and the Americas, the Trans-Pacific Agreement bridges the Asia-Pacific Region. more
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited New Zealand 25 - 27 July. During her visit to Auckland, Secretary Rice met with Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Prime Minister Helen Clark. Secretary Rice also attended a reception hosted by the NZUS Council. more
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark paid tribute to the former United States Ambassador to New Zealand, Anne Martindell, who has passed away on 11 June 2008 in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 93. more
Following discussions with key Administration and Congressional leaders in Washington on 10 & 11 June 2008, New Zealand Minister of Trade and Defence Phil Goff said he was confident that New Zealand would progress towards a free trade agreement with the United States. more
New Zealand's next Consul-General to Los Angeles will be career diplomat John Mataira, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced 20 May 2008. more
New Zealand Minister of Trade Phil Goff has welcomed a United States decision to join negotiations on financial services and investment with four countries including New Zealand, and at the same time to begin a process aimed at possible participation in a comprehensive free trade agreement. more
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said that New Zealand tertiary students can now work and travel in America for up to a year under a new arrangement signed in Auckland 10 September 2007. more
January 2007 marked the 50th anniversary of New Zealand - United States cooperation in Antarctica. more
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark met President George W. Bush and other senior members of the United States Administration when she visited Washington DC in March 2007. more
