Today the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches has released a report documenting the use of 'power politics' by the Australian and New Zealand governments to push Pacific island countries to launch free trade negotiations at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' meeting in Cairns

SUVA, Thursday July 30.

7 MAY 2009 - A number of Pacific Trade Ministers, including the Pacific's lead spokesperson for free trade discussions with Australia and New Zealand, will be absent from a regional trade meeting scheduled for this weekend.