Trade Agreements: New Zealand
(asked on 26th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress she has made towards a free trade agreement with New Zealand.
This question was answered on 11th June 2021
The Government has completed four rounds of negotiations since the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations were launched last June. The fifth round of negotiations began on the 8th June.
Overall, negotiations have been positive, pragmatic and productive. The Government has made good progress and is now negotiating on all areas of the FTA.
The UK and New Zealand both remain eager to make further progress, with a view to working towards an agreement in the coming months.