Tim Groser
Timothy John Groser (born 1950) is a current New Zealand politician and former diplomat. He was born in Perth, Scotland and came to New Zealand with ... More »
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WTO head choice narrows to Asia-Pacific, Latam candidates
A diplomatic source said the race now includes two Latin Americans - Mexico's Herminio Blanco and Brazil's Roberto Azevedo - and three candidates from the Asia-Pacific: New Zealand's Tim Groser, South Korea's Taeho Bark and Indonesia's Mari Pangestu, the only woman still under ... Read more »
New Zealand won't sign 1997 Kyoto extension agreement Tampa Bay Tampa Top News
"This excessive focus on Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, was fine in the 1990s," climate change minister Tim Groser told The Associated Press in an interview. " But given that it covers only 15 percent of emissions, I'm sorry, this is not the main game. " A large majority of global emissions ... Read more »
New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal
Climate Minister Tim Groser told The Associated Press on Sunday that New Zealand is "ahead of the curve" by shifting its attention from the 1997 Kyoto deal to a new global climate pact that would also include developing nations. The U.S. never ratified Kyoto, which expires this year... Read more »
Candidates prepare for race to succeed Lamy as head of WTO
One is New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser, who starts with a double disadvantage: most diplomats say it is the "developing countries' turn", and New Zealand has already held the job once in the WTO's 17 year history. One trade negotiator said it would be "very peculiar" for two of ... Read more »
New Zealand Won't Sign 'Kyoto 2' Climate Treaty : NPR
New Zealand's climate change minister, Tim Groser, said he remained committed to emission reductions agreed to under the first Kyoto Protocol. But Groser said the country would be better served in the future by joining the U.S., China and others in a nonbinding climate pledge ... Read more »
Tim Groser: Ahead of the curve
Hong Kong : China | Apr 07, 2013 at 1:25 PM PDT We need to read the political trends in order to shape our future in the new world market, says Trade Minister Tim Groser Our focus in the next few weeks is understandably on China, with the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and the ... Read more »
WTO race wide open as N.Z., Kenya, Jordan, Mexico join
Earlier on Friday New Zealand nominated its trade minister Tim Groser, who joins Ghana’s Alan Kyerematen, Costa Rica’s Anabel Gonzalez and Indonesia’s Mari Pangestu in the race to take over after Mr. Lamy’s second term expires on Aug. 31. Many trade diplomats think the job should go to ... Read more »
New Zealand won't sign 'Kyoto 2' climate treaty
New Zealand ’s climate change minister, Tim Groser, said he remained committed to emission reductions agreed to under the first Kyoto Protocol. But Groser said the country would be better served in the future by joining the U.S., China and others in a nonbinding climate pledge ... Read more »
China a powerful draw for Canadian business
The purchase by a group of Chinese investors of 16 New Zealand farms earlier this year caused uproar over the loss of a strategic agricultural asset, said New Zealand’s trade minister Tim Groser. Yet when Canada’s singing star Celine Dion bought an even bigger spread, no-one objected, he ... Read more »
Japan, U.S. agree on Tokyo joining Trans-Pacific trade talks
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said last month the TPP member nations could formally decide whether to allow Japan into the talks when the 21-member trade officials meet in Indonesia on April 20-21 for the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Countries in ... Read more »
Geography shouldn't matter in choice of WTO chief
Two candidates have formally declared their interest: Ghana's former trade minister Alan Kyerematen and New Zealand's current trade minister Tim Groser. Trade diplomats expect more candidates to emerge. Asked about Ukraine's decision to tell its trading partners it wanted to raise ... Read more »
Mexico backs Japan's bid to join Trans-Pacific trade talks
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said it was possible that Japan's bid would be approved when trade ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meet in Indonesia on April 20-21. If Japan, the world's third-largest economy, joins the TPP, the free trade ... Read more »
Doha trade talks critical to stop food price spikes, says WTO hopeful
The candidates – only one of whom, Tim Groser of New Zealand, hails from the west – have been campaigning informally since the beginning of this year. The others are Kenya's Amina Mohamed, Ghana's Alan Kyerematen, Costa Rica's Anabel González, Mexico's Herminio Blanco, Brazil's Roberto ... Read more »
Lord Stern: developing countries must make deeper emissions cuts
New Zealand's climate minister, Tim Groser, was more outspoken than most delegates are prepared to be in public, when he told journalists in Doha: "I think it's time for green groups around the world to start to analyse this problem on the basis not of the rhetoric of the 90s, but some ... Read more »
10 Things To Know For Monday : NPR
New Zealand's Tim Groser defends dropping out of the emissions pact, saying it's not enough. The world spewed 3 percent more heat-trapping pollution last year, endangering an international goal on rising temperatures. The deaths of a man's mother and onetime girlfriend are under ... Read more »
Kyoto protocol: Australia signs up to second phase
The country's climate change minister, Tim Groser, said the country would be better served by working towards the new 2015 treaty. Australia's move makes it one of only a handful of countries outside the European Union's member states to agree to such a deal. It follows the country ... Read more »
Mexico competition chief may be candidate for WTO job
Only two candidates have formally declared their interest: Ghana's former trade minister Alan Kyerematen and New Zealand's current trade minister Tim Groser. Trade diplomats expect more candidates to emerge and Perez Motta's name has been one of several in the rumor mill. Diplomats have ... Read more »
Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala doesn't want WTO job
One is New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser and the other is Ghana's former trade minister Alan Kyerematen, whose candidacy has been approved by the African Union (AU)... Read more »
Embassy Row: 'Cognitive disconnect'
Foreign visitors in Washington this week include: • A delegation from New Zealand: Foreign Minister Murray McCully, Trade Minister Tim Groser, Defense Chief Lt. Gen. Richard Rhys Jones, Foreign Affairs Secretary John Allen, Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf and Customs Secretary ... Read more »
S Korean, Indonesian candidates out of WTO race
There was no immediate comment from the other candidate who failed to get through, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser... Read more »
