Trade in services: education, tourism, IT
China and New Zealand have agreed to jointly promote negotiations on the negative list for trade in services under the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong. The agreement was reached at the 34th China-New Zealand Joint Trade and Economic Commission meeting held on June 5 in…
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay on the sidelines of the APEC Trade Ministers Meeting in Suzhou on May 21, 2026. Both sides agreed to accelerate negotiations on the China-New Zealand FTA service trade negative list, aiming to achieve substantive results within the year. Wang emphasised that…
On April 21, 2026, the first shipment of New Zealand apples arrived at Shanghai’s Yangshan Port. The 153-tonne consignment traveled directly from Tauranga to Shanghai in under 18 days. Simultaneously, the cargo vessel “Han Liu” completed unloading over 4,000 tonnes of kiwifruit at the same port, mar
Senior officials and ministers from RCEP member countries gathered in Wellington, New Zealand, for a high-level meeting focused on deepening regional economic integration. A key agenda item was the advancement of service trade liberalisation, with New Zealand and China actively negotiating the expansion of their Free Trade Agreement’s negative list approach to cover additional…
