Interview with Ambassador John Clarke on the EU and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

Watch my interview with Ambassador John Clarke, EC Director of International Affairs/Trade Negotiations in the EU Agriculture Directorate-General

Photo credit: EC, Diana Ripoll, Minister, Spain

“New Zealand and the European Union have a long history of cooperation in the field of research. With this agreement we want to make a step forward to support our research and innovation communities and our respective economic sectors, but also to contribute to science progress in areas that matter to the whole planet.”Diana Morant Ripoll, Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation

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EU Signs Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand

Watch my interview with Ambassador John Clarke, Director of International Affairs/Trade Negotiations, European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture, and former EU mission head to the WTO and the UN and its agencies in Geneva. Ambassador Clarke is an Uruguay Round veteran.

He was the lead negotiator of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand. We spoke about agriculture (what is in, what is out), the very important provision of sustainability in the agreement, and what does this FTA means for future free trade agreements in other regions and for Mercosur.

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