New Zealand will not withdraw from TPP, trade rep says

Petersen 'confident' incoming PM feels no need to scrap the deal

SHIGERU SENO, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Although New Zealand's next prime minister is looking to renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the country's special agricultural trade envoy, Mike Petersen, told The Nikkei during a recent trip to Japan that he was "entirely confident" New Zealand will remain part of the trade deal.

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