New Zealand International Business Forum: Chairman’s Report 2017

15 January 201815 January 2018 Comment

Annual General Meeting Wellington, 30 November 2017 Chairman’s Report I am pleased to present my second report on the activities and achievements of the NZ [read more…]

Asia-Pacific business leaders to meet in Auckland to talk trade, SMEs and digital economy

15 December 2017 Comment

Business New Zealand will host a meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) from 1-4 February in Auckland, Chief Executive Kirk Hope announced today. [read more…]

Looking forward, looking back

12 December 2017 Comment

A new government, a renamed TPP, ongoing squabbles about Brexit, a nascent NZ/EU trade agreement and a bunch of new trade negotiations – at this [read more…]

It takes 164 to tango: the 11th WTO Ministerial Meeting in Buenos Aires

7 December 2017 Comment

In a few days’ time, Trade Ministers from the 164 WTO member-countries will meet in Buenos Aires; New Zealand Minister of Trade and Economic Growth [read more…]

Sam McIvor: New TPP preserves the benefits for rural communities

20 November 2017 Comment

This article was published in NZ Herald on 17 November 2017. You can find the original article here. There’s been a lot of discussion around [read more…]

REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, November

16 November 2017 Comment

APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FOURTH MEETING, DANANG, 4-6 NOVEMBER 2017 REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS SUMMARY ABAC’s final meeting for 2017 was held in DaNang, [read more…]

Making Trade Comprehensive and Progressive Again

14 November 201715 November 2017 Comment

Like the fabled phoenix rising from the ashes, a revised TPP, the ‘Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for a Trans-Pacific Partnership’ (CPTPP), emerged at the eleventh [read more…]

Business Forum welcomes new look TPP

11 November 2017 Comment

Issued by the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF). 11 November 2017 – The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) congratulates Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Trade [read more…]

Keep shoulders to the wheel, urge Asia-Pacific business leaders

8 November 20178 November 2017 Comment

Issued by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Senior business representatives from around the Asia-Pacific, gathered in Da Nang, have urged APEC Economic Leaders to press [read more…]

Guest post: Future-casting the Asia-Pacific: November APEC meetings in Vietnam

31 October 2017 1

Guest post from Katherine Rich, CEO of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council and New Zealand member of the APEC Business Advisory Council Meetings [read more…]

Looking forward, looking back – Tradeworks - New European horizons: hands across the water

[…] new year. My colleague Stephanie Honey has written extensively on this in our Free Thinking Blog here. As for the UK, there are some transitional issues about our sheep meat and dairy access that must […]

Making Trade Comprehensive and Progressive Again – Tradeworks - Guest post: Future-casting the Asia-Pacific: November APEC meetings in Vietnam

[…] APEC Business Advisory Council meeting attended by three New Zealand members (see our guest blog here), was how to help globalisation work better: trade liberalisation has without doubt generated huge […]

Guest post: Simple EU-UK TRQs split cannot be imposed on NZ - MeatExportNZ - Splitsville: Tariff rate quotas after Brexit

[…] This post by Stephanie Honey, associate director of the NZ International Business Forum first appeared at the Trade Works blog. […]

How trade can win on 23 September – Tradeworks - 10 ways that New Zealand’s trade policy offers a brighter future for all of us

[…] Today, even after all this effort, the world is still not a safe place for our international businesses. Arguably they enjoy vastly improved access to global markets than they once did, but business models are changing, new sectors are emerging particularly in services, protectionism is on the rise and non-tariff barriers continue to plague trade growth. My colleague expressed these challenges well in her recent post – “Ten ways in which New Zealand’s trade policy offers a brighter future for all of us”. […]

New Horizons to explore with China – Tradeworks - ZIMAO XIEDING SHENGJI 自贸协定升级

[…] agreement to proceed with negotiations to upgrade the China-NZ FTA, confirmed during the visit to New Zealand of Premier Li Keqiang in March, is accordingly timely. The newly-approved negotiating mandate for the Upgrade reflects […]