FYI: from the New Zealand Press Association (24/5/97) The United States has confirmed its interest in setting up a free trade agreement with New Zealand, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said yesterday. Dr Smith met US trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky yesterday on the possibility of pursuing a free trade agreement similar in style to the Closer Economic Relations Agreement between New Zealand and Australia. Bill /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Bill Rosenberg, Acting Director, Centre for Computing and Biometrics, | | P. O. Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:(64)(03)3252-811 Fax:(64)(03)3253-865 | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/