Stephen spoke to the Primary Industry Summit in Wellington on 25 May. Read his speech here.
I’d like to start today by asking the question – why do we seek negotiate trade agreements in the first place, especially when they seem so hard to I’ll then give you a sense of where I, as business observer, think some of the more current FTA negotiations are up to.
I’d also like to venture some thoughts about what all this might mean for the primary industries.