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New Zealand to push for trade liberalization at Davos meetings
WELLINGTON, Jan 13, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim
Groser will be pushing for greater international trade
liberalization when he attends a series of meetings in Europe this
month.
The focus of the tour would be the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 23 to 27, along with meetings in
Geneva, Groser said in a statement Monday.
"The forum gives New Zealand a valuable opportunity to engage
with the world's top decision-makers on how to get the global
economy back on a path of stable growth and higher employment, as
well as a chance to discuss the implications for New Zealand," he
said.
He would also attend an informal meeting of trade ministers in
Davos to discuss the outlook for the multilateral trading system
and preparations for the ninth World Trade Organization (WTO)
Ministerial Conference later this year.
"It is critical that leaders continue to explore ways to keep
markets open and to achieve further trade liberalisation.
Stimulating trade through liberalisation and regional integration
provides an important engine not only for global economic recovery
but also for economic growth, poverty reduction, and development,"
Groser said.
He would also meet with counterparts to discuss progress on New
Zealand's trade agenda and his bid to become director-general of
the WTO.
Before travelling to Switzerland, Groser would speak at the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade in Paris, and attend the launch
of the OECD-WTO Trade in ValueAdded Database on Jan. 16 and 17.
He would then attend the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
in Berlin, which would focus on the future of the global agri-food
industry.
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