N.Z. to take firm line on N.A.F.T.A.
PA Wellington, New Zealand will take ai ‘••very positive approach” to' ! the New Zealand-Australia I Free Trade Agreement i (N.A.F.T.A.) talks which jopen in Wellington today, savs the Minister of Trade ' and Industry (Mr AdamsI Schneider). [ A number of issues of concern to New Zealand | producers and exporters rej lating to access to the Australian market were on the • agenda, he said yesterday, i These included access for both agricultural and manuI factured products such as I white goods and carpets. "1 have little doubt that j Australian Ministers will | raise with us any concerns j they may have about access ito the New Zealand market !for Australian goods,” said Mr Adams-Schneider.
The deputy Prime Minister (Mr Taiboys) and Mr Adams-Schneider, will lead the. New Zealand delegation in the two-day talks which follow a meeting of officials from both countries yesterday.
The Australian deputy Prime Minister (Mr Anthony) leads the Australian delegation, which includes the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs (Mr Fife).
An important item on the agenda is a report, prepared bv officials in Wellington and Canberra, on ways to improve Tasman trade and help rationalise manufacturing in both countries.
Answering criticism of New Zealand’s new import
licensing schedule by the] director of the Australian! National Trade and Industry Council (Mr D. Morton) last week, Mr Adams-Schneider said Australia already secured benefits within the licensing system for goods covered by the N.A.F.T.A. Agreement. ‘ Australia's position could well be adversely affected if their exporters had to face greater competition from other countries,” he said. Mr Adams-Schneider said New Zealand was Australia’s best market for manufactured goods and the trade imbalance, although improving. was still in Australia’s favour. He did not regard Mr Morton’s criticism as indicative of the attitude of Australian Ministers to the N.A.F.T.A. Agreement.
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