The Melanesian Spearhead Group has finalised the text of its trade agreement at a meeting in New Caledonia today.
With the MSGTA3 due to be signed on November the 16th, delegates have been in Noumea this week negotiating the text.
The current agreement only refers to goods, while the new one will include services, investment, telecommunications, e-commerce and labour mobility.
The programme manager of trade and investment for the MSG Secretariat, John Licht, says Papua New Guinea has been pressed to relax its visa requirements, in line with the other MSG countries.