Fiji Sun, 22 April 2017 – Fiji did not pull out of the PACER Plus trade negotiations. It had been excluded.
Trade Minister Faiyaz Koya yesterday expressed shock after finding out that New Zealand and Australia’s media had been quoting Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo saying that Fiji and Papua New Guinea elected not to sign up.
Mr Koya confirmed that his team had in fact written to the PACER Plus team to inform them that Fiji would not be at the meeting which was held on Thursday in Brisbane. It had asked if the meeting could be deferred.
This was because of prior local commitments. Fiji did not receive any response to their letter, Mr Koya said. read more…
