Groser visits Malaysia to support trade mission
Trade Minister Tim Groser continues his travel from China to Malaysia today to support a business delegation and to
discuss trade issues with his Malaysian counterpart.
Mr Groser will meet the Malaysian Minister for International Trade and Industry, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, to discuss the
next phase of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and other initiatives to strengthen trade ties.
While in Kuala Lumpur Mr Groser will also join a 12-strong trade delegation led by Export New Zealand Chairman Sir Ken
Stevens, and supported by the ASEAN NZ Combined Business Council. Mr Groser will visit branches of New Zealand companies
operating in Malaysia and attend some joint meetings with these companies and their Malaysian customers or business
partners.
On Monday 26 March, Mr Groser will open the first meeting of the Malaysia-New Zealand Environment Committee, and also
officially open a new office for BCS, an Auckland-based airport technology and baggage handling systems company.
Malaysia is New Zealand’s second largest trading partner in the ten country ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian
Nations), and is our 9th largest export market and 7th largest source of imports worldwide.
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