NZ: China and NZ close to free trade deal

Updated January 23, 2008 17:04:02

China and New Zealand are close to finalising a free trade agreement. If it goes through, it will be the first free trade agreement China has negotiated with a developed country. Trade between the two countries is worth about six billion dollars a year and the deal will add hundreds of millions of dollars to that figure.

Presenter: Steve Holland
Speakers: Phill Goff, New Zealand's Trade Minister