The United States has indicated it is open to a free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, New Zealand's trade minister said on Sunday. Todd McClay visited Washington for high-level trade talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump this week, meeting with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, newly appointed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and other advisors to the president. “I've welcomed their interest in an FTA as a demonstration of the good shape our trading relationship is in," McClay said in a statement. McClay said his center right government wants free-trade agreements to cover 90 ... (full story)