Original source: New Zealand Herald

BUSAN - Free trade talks with China are "going very well" but will run on into next year, Prime Minister Helen Clark said after meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Apec summit in Busan, South Korea, at the weekend.

Officials confirmed there had been some delays because both sides were stretched by the number of trade talks on the agenda.

Some had hoped when the talks started a year ago they would be near completion by now, but Clark said that was too optimistic to fulfil New Zealand's desire of a comprehensive trade deal.

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