Trade Agreements

Trade agreements between two or more countries make international trade easier and more efficient. New Zealand is committed to liberalising trade through a number of regional, bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.

Agreements in Force

• New Zealand and Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (MNZFTA is signed but not yet entered into force)
• ASEAN-Australia/NZ Free Trade Area
• New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement (NZ-China FTA was signed on 7 April 2008 and entered into force on 1 October 2008)
• Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (Trans-Pacific SEP) - 2005
  Brunei/Chile/New Zealand/Singapore
• New Zealand and Thailand Closer Economic Partnership (NZTCEP) - 2005
• New Zealand and Singapore Closer Economic Partnership (NZSCEP) - 2001
• Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations (CER) - 1983

Agreements under negotiation

• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
• New Zealand-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement (NZ-GCC FTA negotiations have been concluded but not yet signed)
• New Zealand and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership (NZ-HK CEP negotiations have been concluded but not yet signed)
• Expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP)
• New Zealand-Korea Free Trade Agreement
• New Zealand - India Free Trade Agreement