by TradeWorks NZ | Mar 27, 2019 | Speeches
Remove By Stephen Jacobi, Executive DirectorNZ International Business Forum Thank you for the kind invitation to be with you today. It’s always good to visit Christchurch but today I am conscious I am doing so just under two weeks since the terrorist attack which...
by TradeWorks NZ | Mar 21, 2019 | Trade Working Blog
Remove Just over a week before the Brexit deadline, the UK faces the prospect of a lengthy delay – but equally, the possibility of a “no-deal” Brexit looms larger than ever. It is hard to predict which of these two extremes we may see next Friday. In...
by TradeWorks NZ | Mar 18, 2019 | Trade Working Blog
Remove Less than two weeks before “B-Day”, the Brexit process has descended into disarray. There is still a risk that the UK will crash out of the EU on or shortly after 29 March with no deal in place, notwithstanding King Canute-like attempts to avert...
by TradeWorks NZ | Jan 25, 2019 | Trade Working Blog
Remove A mere 64 days before the UK is due to leave the European Union, the UK-EU-NZ trade picture remains shrouded in the chill mists of confusion. During her visit to London this week, the Prime Minister announced two welcome new UK-NZ agreements on...
by TradeWorks NZ | Dec 19, 2018 | Trade Working Blog
Remove Just as well the magi didn’t face tariffs at the border 2018 will not go down in history as a good year for trade. While international businesses struggled on, they did so against a backdrop of rising protectionism and all-out trade war between the world’s two...