Our end of year trade wrap up from NZIBF Executive Director, Stephen Jacobi.
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Trade war – peace in our time?
The announcement of a ceasefire in the US/China trade war can be greeted with a sigh of relief by the international community but the agreement leaves a number of unanswered questions especially for New Zealand exporters. All eyes were on Washington this week as the...
Trade in 2019 – somewhere over the rainbow…
The sky is definitely not blue for the global trading system. Are these the worst of times? Perhaps. Can they get better – who knows? In his annual report to the AGM of the NZ International Business Forum, Chair Malcolm Bailey writes: “Around the world New...
The Art of the (Mini-) Deal: a New US-Japan Trade Agreement
The US and Japan have struck a new “mini” trade deal. Japanese agriculture concessions mean that New Zealand exports will face increased competition in Japan from US beef, cheese and other products – as we would have done had the US remained in CPTPP – but...
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Guest post: Better work stories
Guest post from Katherine Rich, CEO of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council and a...
Guest post: Singapore slings and regional economic integration
Guest post from Katherine Rich, CEO of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council and a member of...
Advance Australasia Fair
There’s nothing like having the relatives over. Prime Minister Bill English will host the...
Make Trade Great Again?
The American people have chosen their new President and he has been installed with all the...
“Global Britain”: A hard (Brexit) row to hoe?
British Prime Minister Theresa May says she wants to “build a truly global Britain”, but the ‘hard...
Mr English goes to Europe
This post was prepared by Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director of the NZ International Business...
Guest Post: Is TPP dead – or not?
Guest post from Tracey Epps, Trade Law Consultant, Chapman Tripp. TPP provides that the Agreement...
Guest Post: Is New Zealand the shag on the rock of the world trading system?
Guest post from Philip Turner, Director of Global Stakeholder Affairs, Fonterra One of the...
Guest Post: Five things you need to know about Non-tariff measures this Christmas
Guest post from John Ballingall, Deputy Chief Executive, NZ Institute for Economic Research...
RCEP Delivers New Rule Book for Asia Trade
It is said good things take time, and that is inevitably true of international free trade negotiations. More than eight years after launching, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement was finally signed on 15th November 2020 creating a new rule...
Farewell Despatch: Malcolm Bailey’s Annual report
NZIBF Board and guests meet on 25 November 2020 NZIBF Chair Malcolm Bailey has finished a 5-year term and passed the baton to Philip Gregan (CEO, NZ Winegrowers). Here is Malcolm’s final annual report which was presented on 25 November. I am pleased to present my...
New Zealand to Chair APEC Business Advisory Council
Media release, 1 December 2020 As New Zealand assumes the role of Chair of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation) for 2021, Rachel Taulelei also takes over the role of Chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). “This is a unique opportunity for New Zealand...
The ABAC opportunity for Māori
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO TE TAUMATA, WHAKATŪ, 24 NOVEMBER 2020 RACHEL TAULELEI, ABAC CHAIR 2021 In these unpredictable times it is challenging to think ahead. Certainly no one thought that, come 2021, when Aotearoa New Zealand assumes both the...
APEC Leaders Issue Kuala Lumpur Declaration
Issued by the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20 November 2020 The leaders of the 21 APEC member economies issued the Kuala Lumpur Declaration following the first-ever virtual 27th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting chaired by...
Uniting to build a revitalised Asia-Pacific economic community
APEC NEWS RELEASE Issued by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Asia-Pacific business leaders are urging APEC governments to work together to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and to adopt a strong Vision that demonstrates APEC members’ collective commitment to...
What is RCEP and why is it important?
On 15 November New Zealand and 14 other Asian economies signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a big new free trade agreement covering 30% of the world’s economy. You can see our press release welcoming RCEP here. You can find out...
RCEP Delivers New Rule Book for Asia Trade
Media release, 15 November 2020 Business leaders from the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) have welcomed the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement. NZIBF Chair Malcolm Bailey said: “We are pleased that the...
What does a Biden Presidency mean for NZ/US Relations and Trade?
The American people have spoken. America’s “better angels” have prevailed. We all hope for better times ahead, but, while there is ample scope to expand co-operation with a Biden Administration in the White House, the future is unlikely to be all plain...
Brexit and NZ/UK Trade – Will There Be Blue Birds?
Dame Vera Lynn’s iconic song about the hope which sustained Britain during WWII might point equally to the challenges posed by Britain’s messy divorce from the European Union. The date for the decree nisi – 31 December - is just two months away, with much detail...
