Clark, Fukuda concur on all but agriculture
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed Wednesday to cooperate on global warming, security and other areas but failed to make progress on signing a free-trade agreement, according to a joint statement issued after their summit in Tokyo. Clark and Fukuda failed to report any progress on a FTA despite New Zealand's desire for a deal that would promote agricultural exports to Japan. During the meeting, Clark proposed that the two countries launch a joint study to explore a bilateral FTA, Japanese officials said.