NZIBF acknowledges the passage of the implementing legislation for the New Zealand/European Union Free Trade Agreement and looks forward to the FTA’s entry into force on 1 May.
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ABAC 18 – Luke Sweeney on young people and trade
As part of our #ABACUnwrapped series, youth volunteer Luke Sweeney talks about volunteering at the ABAC meeting in Auckland and why it's important for young people to be involved in trade and understanding trade issues for the future. It’s important for young people...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, February
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FIRST MEETING, BANGKOK, 20-23 FEBRUARY 2017 SUMMARY The first meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council, or ABAC, for this year took place in Bangkok in late February. ABAC New Zealand member Katherine Rich attended and played an...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, November
APEC Business Advisory Council - Fourth Meeting, Lima, 13 - 16 November 2016 Report to New Zealand Business SUMMARY ABAC’s final meeting for 2016 was held in Lima and culminated in ABAC’s annual Dialogue with APEC Economic Leaders where ABAC’s key recommendations for...
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ABAC 18 – Luke Sweeney on young people and trade
As part of our #ABACUnwrapped series, youth volunteer Luke Sweeney talks about volunteering at the...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, February
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FIRST MEETING, BANGKOK, 20-23 FEBRUARY 2017 SUMMARY The first...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, November
APEC Business Advisory Council - Fourth Meeting, Lima, 13 - 16 November 2016 Report to New Zealand...
A Trade Policy for our times
The Government is “refreshing” its trade policy strategy. That’s both admirable and timely. The...
Oh, What A Lovely War
Who spoke to whom about what in China has over recent weeks fuelled some intense speculation and...
Brexit: Keep Calm and Carry On (Doing Business)?
The Big One or just a tiddler temblor? The initial dust of the British vote to leave the EU may...
RCEP COMES TO TOWN
It’s not a secret – negotiators from the sixteen member economies of the Regional Comprehensive...
Non tariff barriers – a new frontier for trade policy.
A recent report from the forest industry[1] has drawn attention to the increasing prevalence of...
TPP will be good for New Zealand – A Kiwi farmer’s view
Canterbury farmer Craige Mackenzie expresses his support for TPP on the Global Farmer Network....
NZ/EU FTA A BONUS FOR SOME SECTORS – BUSINESS FORUM
NZIBF acknowledges the passage of the implementing legislation for the New Zealand/European Union Free Trade Agreement and looks forward to the FTA’s entry into force on 1 May.
“MEAGRE OUTCOME” FROM WTO IN ABU DHABI – BUSINESS FORUM
Despite its overwhelming importance at the heart of the international trade system, members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have concluded their Ministerial in Abu Dhabi (“MC13”) with only a meagre outcome.
To go or woe with the WTO?
In our latest Trade Working blog Stephen Jacobi and Stephanie Honey look at prospects for #WTO #MC13.
DCANZ – Agricultural Subsidy Distortions Must Be Addressed
Media Release by the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) – Agricultural Subsidy Distortions Must Be Addressed
Asia-Pacific business leaders call for greater economic dynamism with people at the center of the APEC agenda
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, expressed deep concerns about the growing pressures of economic fragmentation and the risks that this poses to growth, inclusion and the climate fight.
SUBMISSION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE COMMITTEE – FEBRUARY 2024
NZIBF’s submission on the New Zealand European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill – February 2024.
ABAC Statement on WTO MC13 – February 2024
Now, more than ever, the world needs a credible, relevant, and effective multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core.
Global Industry Statement on the WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions
NZIBF has joined 170 international business associations in calling for a extension to the current moratorium on tariffs applying to digital services (like Netflix) at the forthcoming WTO Ministerial meeting.
Resilient supply chains: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Published by the Hinrich Foundation, Singapore, 23 August 2024 By Stephen Jacobi History has much to teach us about the way trade contributes to prosperity through the movement of goods, services, people, and ideas. Today, data can be added to this web of...
SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE AGREEMENT FOR TRANS- PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (CPTPP) DECEMBER 2023 Summary This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF). As individual NZIBF Members may make their own...