Groser to visit Indonesia and South Korea for trade talks
Hon Tim Groser
Minister of Trade
Minister for Climate Change
Issues
14 October
2012
Media Statement
Groser to visit
Indonesia and South Korea for trade and climate change
talks
Tim Groser, Trade Minister and
Minister for Climate Change Issues, departs today for
Indonesia and South Korea for trade policy and international
climate change discussions.
In Jakarta Mr Groser
will attend the World Export Development Forum where he will
discuss New Zealand’s experience in meeting the demands of
new consumer markets, particularly in emerging and
developing economies.
Fellow speakers include
Indonesian President H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, World
Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy, and Trade
and Industry Ministers from Indonesia, Jamaica and South
Africa.
In Seoul, Mr Groser will attend a
Ministerial meeting in preparation for the United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Doha in December. Mr Groser
will lead discussion on a session on shaping the future of
the international climate regime.
“We’re in the
first phase of negotiations for a global climate change deal
that will, for the first time, include all developed and
developing countries. We need to learn from experience, look
at what’s worked and what hasn’t, so that the new
agreement can make a real difference to climate change,”
says Mr Groser.
While in Seoul, Mr Groser will also
meet with his counterpart, Trade Minister Bark Tae-ho, and
key business contacts to promote closer trade and economic
linkages between New Zealand and South Korea. 2012 is a
"Year of friendship" marking 50 years of diplomatic
relations between the two
countries.
ENDS