China's Foreign Min says ready to work with New Zealand on upgraded Free Trade Agreement

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in New Zealand meeting with various government ministers:

• China ready to work with New Zealand to implement upgraded version of the China-New Zealand free trade agreement
• Two sides should launch negotiations on negative list of service trade as soon as possible, so as to push bilateral cooperation to a new level
• China-New Zealand relations maintain a leading position among China's relations with developed countries

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AUD and NZD have dribbled a little lower in the session so far. USD/JPY is up a touch to around 149.25.