Following up on Meredith's post, there has been a lot of reporting in the Australia/New Zealand press about the decision. Here is a sampling:
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Fruit decision a victory - opinion - blogs | Stuff.co.nz Citing "informed sources", it said the World Trade Organisation had found in New Zealand's favour in the long-running apple access case with Australia.
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Battle to exclude NZ apples - The Mercury TASMANIA'S apple growers will fight to have the state exempt from a World Trade Organisation ruling which will allow New Zealand apples into Australia.
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Rotten ruling a threat to apple industry | Adelaide Now THE Adelaide Hills apple industry is facing similar devastation to the Riverland's horticultural downturn, because of a World Trade Organisation decision to allow New Zealand apples into Australia for the first time in nearly a century.
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Crunch time for apple growers | The Australian Free trade benefits consumers and the wider economy
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WTO angers farmers over apple imports - AAP Australian apple growers are angered by reports the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will overturn Australia's 90-year ban on New Zealand apple imports.
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Radio New Zealand News : Australian apple growers vow to fight NZ imports The Australian pip fruit industry says it will keep fighting New Zealand apple imports because of the fire blight threat, despite a reported defeat over the case in the World Trade Organisation
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Win for NZ in apple dispute | Stuff.co.nz New Zealand has won the right to export apples to Australia
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NZ wins fight for apples to Australia NZ Apple and pear growers seem to have finally notched up a win against Australia at the WTO, in their battle to export pipfruit across the Tasman according to reports.
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ABC Radio Australia News:Stories:NZ claims victory on exporting apples to Australia The World Trade Organisation has reportedly overturned Australia's 90-year-old ban on importing New Zealand apples and pears.
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Peter Gallagher | NZ Apples, at last! But… The Apples Case should never have arisen because we should have welcomed NZ apples into our market decades ago
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NZ wins WTO apple war against Australia says report | BUSINESS News A 90-year battle to export New Zealand apples just across the Tasman to Australia could be coming to an end.
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Govt waits to claim 'big win' for apple growers - NZ Herald News The Government is declining to confirm that the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) interim panel report on Australia's non-tariff trade barriers to New Zealand pipfruit is a big win for local growers.
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NZ apple growers win trade dispute - Fruitnet.com It has been reported that the long-running apple trade dispute between New Zealand and Australia is finally over
I thought one of the most interesting points was in this piece:
Local fruit retailers also have a problem with the imports proposal and say they will not stock the New Zealand fruit.
Benny Parsons, of The Nut House at Ulverstone, said the seven different varieties of apples he sells are grown in the Mersey Valley area and it would stay that way.
Grower Shane Weeks, of Ayer's Orchards, said the two big supermarkets would probably be the only retailers looking for the imported, and most likely cheaper, product.
He hoped NZ apples would be labelled as such if they ended up in local supermarkets.
So let's say Australia does eventually remove the restrictions. How will Australian retailers and consumers react?
