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Asia-Pacific businesses urge APEC Leaders to act on equity, sustainability and opportunity in an increasingly challenging landscape
APEC NEWS RELEASE issued by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting in Cebu, the Philippines, this week, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) stressed the need for action in an increasingly fragmented and difficult operating environment. “Our theme for...
CRUNCH TIME FOR CPTPP
This post was published by Hinrich Foundation on 18 July 2023. Following the Ministers’ meeting in Auckland, what is the outlook for CPTPP as the world’s most ambitious free trade agreement ? By Stephen Jacobi When APEC Trade Ministers gathered for their annual...
TIRED OF GEO-POLITICAL CONFLICT? TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SINGAPORE’S BOOK
Published by Newsroom, 23 June Stephen Jacobi[1] has been spending time in Singapore and finds a lot of similarities to the challenge Aotearoa faces with two big friends who are finding it difficult to get along. In the face of continuing global economic uncertainty...
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Pandemic Must Remain Our Highest Priority: Business Leaders to APEC Ministers
Auckland, New Zealand, 5 June 2021 – Issued by the APEC...
A strong, relevant and credible WTO is needed to build back better from COVID, say Asia-Pacific Business Leaders
APEC Business Advisory Council11 May 2021 Asia-Pacific business leaders, meeting virtually this...
Remarks by ABAC Chair Rachel Taulelei to APEC Senior Officials, 11/12 March 2021
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL, APEC SENIOR OFFICIALS’ MEETING, 11/12 MARCH 2021 REMARKS FROM...
International business calls for freer services trade
January 28, 2021 Dear JSI Co-Convenors: The members of the Global Services Coalition, a network of...
All you ever wanted to know about APEC
Summer intern Kaitlin Outtrim has produced this useful backgrounder on APEC and ABAC. Find out all...
People, place and prosperity: Asia-Pacific business community’s call to action
APEC NEWS RELEASE Issued byThe APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Business leaders from 21...
Remarks to Public Private Dialogue on Renewable Energy
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL18 JANUARY 2021, MALCOLM JOHNS, ABAC NZ PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE ON...
New member for APEC Business Advisory Council
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Anna Curzon to the APEC Business Advisory Council...
The New Trade Environment Through An Indigenous Lens
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO AUCKLAND TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICY SCHOOL SESSION TWO:...
Remarks to Shanghai Forum: “China and CPTPP – New Zealand Expectations and Advice”
NZIBF Executive Director Stephen Jacobi gave an address to the roundtable on CPTPP in Shanghai on 28 October.
ADDRESS TO THE 53rd ONE STOP UPDATE FOR THE ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS – GLOBAL ECONOMIC UPDATE
Stephen Jacobi gives a global economic update at the 53rd One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business.
EYES OPENED DURING INDIA VISIT
Executive Director Stephen Jacobi read out on the recent Delhi business mission, published earlier by Newsroom.
GUEST BLOG: Raewyn Bleakley, Chief Executive, New Zealand Food and Grocery Council
NZIBF Board Member and CEO, NZ Food and Grocery Council, Raewyn Bleakley, shares her thoughts on why trade is important to kiwis.
New Zealand business delegation “over the moon” with Indian trade and investment opportunities
The largest New Zealand business mission ever to visit India has uncovered significant trade and investment opportunities across a host of sectors.
REMARKS TO INDIA NEW ZEALAND TRADE AND ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE
Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director NZIBF, gives his remarks to the India New Zealand Trade and Economic Roundtable in Delhi.
Large business delegation bound for India
Fifty business representatives will leave later this week bound for Delhi, making it one of the largest delegations ever to head for India.
India and New Zealand: The next innings
As a trade mission prepares to depart for Delhi, Stephen Jacobi of the New Zealand International Business Forum considers the prospects for growing two-way trade and investment between India and New Zealand.
CRUNCH TIME FOR CPTPP
Following the Ministers’ meeting in Auckland, what is the outlook for CPTPP as the world’s most ambitious free trade agreement?
INDIA AND NEW ZEALAND: GETTING ONTO THE FRONT FOOT
NZIBF is part of the largest commercial mission ever to visit India, in an effort to boost bilateral trade and investment between India and New Zealand.