The FIT Partnership is a new international initiative designed to address emerging trade issues, generate trade and investment opportunities amongst members, and to help foster economic growth and security.
It was launched on 16 September 2025 by fourteen founding members – Brunei, Chile, Costa Rica, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Rwanda, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay – all small-medium sized trading nations, for whom fair and open trade is vital to prosperity and growth.
The FIT-Partnership will provide a platform for participating members to develop, pilot and run projects that advance fair and open trade, and come up with solutions to real world barriers, with a particular focus on the following priority areas:
- Supply chain resilience;
- Investment facilitation;
- Non-tariff barriers and trade facilitation; and
- The adoption and integration of trade technologies.
As a mechanism for collaboration and practical action –the FIT Partnership does not currently contain any binding rules or market access provisions.
The first FIT Partnership project is expected to be announced before the end of 2025.
News and Resources
For more information, please see:
- The Future of Investment and Trade Partnership Ministerial Declaration [PDF, 222 KB]
- Press Release – Launch of the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership(external link)
Share your views
We welcome any views or feedback on the FIT-Partnership. Please get in touch by email at FITPartnershipNZ@mfat.govt.nz