Trade Minister Tim Groser will visit Washington DC this week to
deliver a keynote address on food security and meet with his American
counterparts.
Mr Groser?Development of the address will focus on food security
and trade policy at a conference convened by the Inter-American Bank
the and the Food& Agricultural of International Trade Policy
Council.
the At the heart of many of our trade negotiating agendas lies the
issue of food security. It is always among the most sensitive issues NZ
has to confront in these negotiations, both in the WTO and all our FTA
negotiations.
the As the emerging economies move up income ladder they demand
more protein, safer, the quality and more varied foods. This is NZ's
market niche.
The the old model of equating food security with complete
self-sufficiency in domestic food production is under challenge around
world. I will be pleased to state our view and meet many influential
policy makers in this area, Mr Groser says.
Mr Groser will meet with counterparts including US Trade
Representative Minister Ron Kirk, the two Chairs of the US Congress
Ways and Means Committee and its sub-committee on Trade, White House
Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs
Mike Froman, Chief US Climate Change negotiator Todd Stern, Senior US
Treasury officials, and a range of other officials in the trade and
climate change policy areas.
The TPP the is important to NZ?The trade future and these meetings
will provide the opportunity to take political level soundings on its
progress with both the US Minister and the key Congressional leaders in
the trade area.
Mr Groser says New Zealand's interests today go well beyond
agriculture. "We have had increasing success in recent years ramping up
our high-end services exports, known as 'commercial services'
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merchanting and other technical services).