New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Trade Minister Tim Groser will travel to Brussels this month to press case for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union.
Key said Monday that he will meet with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
Prime Minister John Key will travel to Marrakech, Brussels and London for a series of high level meetings and to chair a meeting of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
"The EU is a key trade partner for New Zealand with two-way trade totaling more than 19.5 billion NZ dollars (13.07 billion U. S. dollars)," Key said in a statement.
"In March 2014, the EU signaled its openness to look more closely at our trade and economic relationship, including New Zealand as a potential FTA partner. My visit to Brussels provides the opportunity to progress those discussions and agree on next steps."
En route to Brussels, Key would stop in Marrakech, Morocco, to chair a meeting of the executive committee of the International Democrat Union of center-right political parties. After his visit to Brussels, Key would go to London for talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Queen, who is also New Zealand's head of state.
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