In our latest Trade Working blog Stephen Jacobi and Stephanie Honey look at prospects for #WTO #MC13.
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A little breathing room at the WTO
A little breathing room at the WTO The emergence of Omicron has meant that the WTO Ministerial Conference has been put on hold – leaving in limbo key decisions about pandemic trade responses and fish subsidies (not to mention agriculture). But there is some good...
Five Minutes to MC12
In a fortnight’s time, Ministers from the 164 members of the World Trade Organisation will gather for the Twelfth Ministerial Conference (“MC12”) in Geneva. The pandemic, fish subsidies and agriculture will headline the agenda, but meaningful outcomes are far from a...
APEC 21 – BEATING COVID ONE ZOOM AT A TIME
The ABAC NZ TeamThe APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) is preparing to discuss its Annual Report with APEC Economic Leaders. Nothing like a pandemic to upset lives and livelihoods, and also disrupt this year’s hosting of APEC by New Zealand. Gone is the “barbecue...
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What’s the state of play with Brexit?
Steph Honey explains the current state of Brexit, what the roadblocks are and what New Zealand...
Feeling the ripples: The Trade War and the Farmers
Agriculture has always been the poor cousin of global trade – only coming under the umbrella of...
What is TradeWorks all about?
https://youtu.be/ICEtORw22RE Stephen Jacobi explains more about TradeWorks. In this video, Stephen...
Updating the AANZFTA
The ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations), Australia and NZ free trade agreement (FTA)...
Surfing the digital wave: Developing enabling rules for digital trade
Surfing the digital wave Digital technology is transforming everything about the way that we live,...
Myth and Reality: Trade War Round Two
Rain over the Great Wall of China The latest round of tariffs marks a new low for the...
The NZ/EU Free Trade Agreement
The first in a new series of short videos highlighting relevant trade deals and concepts features...
Sustaining prosperity: Asia-Pacific business supporting the WTO
Senior Asia-Pacific business leaders have issued a strong call to support and reform the...
Brexit: Should I stay or should I go now?
Just over a week before the Brexit deadline, the UK faces the prospect of a lengthy delay – but...
Of Interest Podcast: Stephen Jacobi on the importance of NZ’s trade relationship with China, the risks to it, and opportunities to diversify to other countries
By Gareth Vaughan, featuring Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum, for the latest episode of interest.co.nz's Of Interest Podcast. China is far and away New Zealand's key export market. But this comes with...
NZ Herald: Turbulence in global trade
Stephen Jacobi writes about turbulence in global trade, published by NZ Herald.
Address to World Affairs Forum, 22 August 2022
ADDRESS TO THE WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM AUCKLAND, 22 AUGUST 2022 STEPHEN JACOBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM TURBULENCE IN GLOBAL TRADE Thanks to Greg Thwaite for inviting me to speak to you this evening. It’s good to be back in the habit of meeting...
Asia-Pacific Business Leaders to APEC Leaders: Speed up economic recovery and regain growth momentum
APEC NEWS RELEASE: Issued by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Ha Long, 29 July 2022 – Asia-Pacific business leaders in the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting this week in Ha Long, Viet Nam, expressed deep concern about the unprecedented crises...
TradeWindow: Digital trade provides hope through challenging times
It won’t come as a surprise to many people to hear that we remain in a very challenging situation when it comes to global business. Our exporters are operating in an environment that is difficult to navigate due to continuing uncertainties – the seemingly endless...
TRADE AND CLIMATE POLICIES NEED TO WORK TOGETHER – BUSINESS FORUM
A new report, commissioned by the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) and prepared by Adrian Macey, former Climate Change Ambassador and World Trade Organization (WTO) Lead Negotiator, shows that trade policy and actions to address climate change can be...
Trade and Climate Change: State of Play
TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: STATE OF PLAY. A discussion paper prepared for the NZIBF by Adrian Macey, June 2022. Download here. Update: NZ-EU FTA The NZ-EU FTA has been finalised. Article X.6 of the trade and sustainable development chapter is on trade and...
THE NZ/EU FTA IS LIKE THE CURATE’S EGG
It’s fair enough to claim that this FTA was the best deal that could be obtained in the circumstances and that continuing negotiations might have led to a worse or even no outcome.
ADDRESS TO THE FONTERRA ALUMNI GOVERNANCE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Exporters like Fonterra will need to pay attention to risk management and to make sure they can benefit from options opened up by new free trade agreements including with the UK and hopefully (fingers crossed here) also the EU.
NZ EU FTA – A MIXED BAG, SAYS BUSINESS FORUM
The EU will enjoy better conditions for investment, including a higher investment screening threshold similar to other FTA partners and better access to government procurement.
