New Zealand to sign NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement and attend NATO Summit

<p>A <a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-sign-nz-eu-free-trade-agreement-and-attend-nato-summit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">statement </a>from New Zealand's government:</p><ul><li>Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Brussels to witness New Zealand signing the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement before heading to Stockholm and the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Lithuania.</li><li>

“I said trade would be a key focus for me this year and securing this deal will be a major boost for our economy,” Chris Hipkins said.
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“This long-awaited deal will unlock access to the world’s third biggest market and deliver immediate tariff savings on New Zealand exports to the EU of around $100 million a year when it enters into force – more than any past New Zealand FTA,” Chris Hipkins said.</li></ul><p>Still to come from New Zealand today:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/preview-of-the-q2-new-zealand-business-survey-qsbo-expected-to-show-a-lift-20230703/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">Preview of the Q2 New Zealand business survey, QSBO, expected to show a lift</a></li></ul><p>NZD/USD little changed:</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.