Groser pushes NZ business in Turkey, Russia
Tim Groser hopes to deepen commercial ties with both countries.
Trade Minister Tim Groser will be in Turkey and Russia this week to push opportunities for New Zealand business.
In Turkey, he will participate in the two countries’ annual Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting on May 28-29.
“New Zealand and Turkey share strong historic bonds, and the two countries have been working closely to build from these ties a deep and dynamic trade relationship,” he says.
The JEC has identified a range of niche areas in which the countries can enhance cooperation, including in specialised manufacturing, earthquake engineering, education, defence industry and healthcare.
Mr Groser will then travel to Moscow to meet members of the new Russian Administration and to discuss progress in the free trade negotiations.
While there, he will also be joined by Primary Industries Minister David Carter and a group of high level New Zealand businesspeople.
Mr Carter will also be representing New Zealand at the Apec Food Security Ministerial meeting in Kazan, in Russian Tartarstan, this week and will then travel on to the US for agricultural meetings meetings there.
The Apec meeting will focus on a range of issues concerning agricultural productivity, including longer-term investment in sustainable agriculture and the role of international trade in improving food security.
In Washington DC, Mr Carter meet with a number of political agriculture leaders and industry representatives.
NBR staff
Mon, 28 May 2012
Mon, 28 May 2012
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