Trade Minister Todd McClay addressed media with his Swiss counterpart Helene Budliger Artieda at the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership ministerial meeting in Auckland to announce trade partnership talks.
Limited details are available as the talks are in the early stages.
"What we've agreed today is to start a formal trade investment dialogue," McClay told Heather du Plessis-Allan.
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