Negotiations timeline

New Zealand is working to conclude negotiations with the Pacific Alliance.

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Timeline

May 2024: Minister for Trade meeting with Chilean Undersecretary for International Economic Relations

April 2024: New Zealand Ambassador to Colombia meeting with Colombian Vice Minister of Trade

February 2024: Minister for Trade meeting with Colombian Trade Minister

October 2023: New Zealand's Pacific Alliance Chief Negotiator meeting with Peru's Pacific Alliance Chief Negotiator during Peru's pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance

July 2023: Minister for Trade and Export Growth met Peru's Trade Minister and Chilean Undersecretary for International Economic Relations

September 2022: Chief Negotiators meeting (virtual)

May 2021: Chief Negotiators meeting (virtual)

September 2020: Chief Negotiators meeting (virtual)

November 2019: Round 8 held in Lima, Peru

September 2019: Chief Negotiators meeting in Santiago, Chile

July 2019: Minister of Foreign Affairs attended Pacific Alliance Summit in Santiago, Chile

June 2019: Chief Negotiators meeting in Mexico City, Mexico

November 2018: Chief Negotiators meeting in Lima, Peru

October 2018: Round 7 held in Mexico City, Mexico

September 2018: New Zealand hosted Round 6 in Auckland on 22-28 September. The New Zealand negotiating team met with stakeholders during the round to provide an update on progress in negotiations

July 2018: during the 2018 Pacific Alliance Summit, Trade Ministers met to take stock of progress to date and reaffirmed the objective of concluding negotiations in 2018

July 2018: Round 5 held in Mexico City, Mexico

June-July 2018: Pacific Alliance public outreach seminars with Latin America New Zealand Business Council, Latin America Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence, and Export New Zealand

May 2018: Round 4 held in Ottawa, Canada

March-April 2018: second call for public submissions

March 2018: Trade Ministers from most countries met in Santiago to discuss progress in the negotiations

March 2018: Round 3 held in Santiago, Chile

January 2018: Round 2 held in the Gold Coast, Australia

October 2017: Round 1 held in Cali, Colombia

September 2017: First meeting of Chief Negotiators in Lima, Peru

September-October 2017: First call for public submissions

June 2017: Negotiations launched at 2017 Pacific Alliance Summit in Cali, Colombia

Contact

If you have any other questions about the negotiations, contact us at:

PacificAllianceFTA@mfat.govt.nz

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