NZ, China Emphasize Importance Of FTA

Ministers representing the New Zealand and Chinese governments have held talks focusing on how their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) can be supported.

Chinese Customs Vice Minister Lu Bin met with his New Zealand counterpart Maurice Williamson to discuss their joint aims of making trade and compliance easier, and of doubling bilateral trade levels by 2015. They also noted the work currently underway to "explore solutions that will benefit traders as well as the two customs administrations," Williamson explained.