The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, expressed deep concerns about the growing pressures of economic fragmentation and the risks that this poses to growth, inclusion and the climate fight.
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ADDRESS TO THE CANTERBURY CLUB CHRISTCHURCH, 27 MARCH 2019
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 resulted in...
ADDRESS TO THE HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH OF THE NZ INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
HAVELOCK NORTH, 19 FEBRUARY 2019Stephen JacobiExecutive Director, NZ International Business Forum BACK TO THE FUTURE? NEW ZEALAND, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND BRITAIN Thanks to my friend Dick Grant for the kind invitation to speak to you today. It’s great to be back...
Remarks at reception following AGM from NZIBF Chairman
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM REMARKS AT RECEPTION FOLLOWING AGM , WELLINGTON, 26 NOVEMBER 2018 MALCOLM BAILEY, CHAIRMAN Thanks Stephen and may I add my welcome to all our guests joining us this evening, especially to the Heads of Diplomatic Missions in...
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Trade works – linking New Zealand to the world Stephen Jacobi, NZIBF – 31 October 2012
Remarks to the Annual Global Symposium on Origin and Traceability, Hastings, 31 October 2012. It’s...
Why Indonesia, why now? Graeme Harrison, NZIBF – 28 September 2012
Address to the Indonesia Forum, Auckland, 28 September 2012 by Graeme Harrison, Chairman, NZIBF...
The Trans Pacific Partnership – corporate dream or vehicle for growth Remarks by Stephen Jacobi to the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute for International Affairs, Auckland, 20 August 2012 NZIBF – 20 August 2012
It’s a pleasure to be with you this evening and to be speaking in a place I know only too well,...
Are trade agreements an appropriate vehicle for developing trade relationships in the 21st century? Remarks by Stephen Jacobi to MBIE Tapping into Talent Seminar, Wellington, 6 August 2012 NZIBF – 6 August 2012
Thanks for the opportunity to be with you today. A friend of mine, someone very senior in a major...
Promoting supply chain connectivity – can APEC deliver? Address by Stephen Jacobi to Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Conference, Auckland 10 May 2012 NZIBF – 10 May 2012
It’s good to be with you today and thank you for the invitation to address your conference on the...
Realising the Trans Pacific opportunity – a look ahead to APEC Honolulu Address to the Hawke’s Bay branch of the NZ Institute for International Affairs Stephen Jacobi – 2 November 2011
My last address to this Branch of the Institute of International Affairs was in May 2006: a large...
Realising the Trans Pacific opportunity – a look ahead to APEC Honolulu Address to the Hawke’s Bay branch of the NZ Institute for International Affairs Stephen Jacobi – 2 November 2011
My last address to this Branch of the Institute of International Affairs was in May 2006: a large...
Remarks by Stephen Jacobi to the NZIIA Conference: The major economic & foreign policy issues facing New Zealand 2012-2017 Wellington – 20 October 2011
It’s good to be with you today and at out the outset let me congratulate Brian Lynch and the NZ...
Remarks to the Japan Economic Foundation Symposium, Wellington, 11 October 2010 by Malcolm Bailey, Board Member, Fonterra and NZIBF NZIBF – 11 October 2010
It’s a pleasure to be with you today and to bring greetings from the Chairman, Graeme Harrison,...
APEC – ‘A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY’ – BUSINESS FORUM
In a year of unprecedented challenge, New Zealand’s leadership in APEC and the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) has helped the region to weather the storm of the pandemic and secure a better foundation for the future
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.
APEC Economic Leaders’ Declaration
This year APEC economies have reaffirmed their commitment to join together; to respond to the immediate crisis generated by the pandemic through urgent work.
Remarks by ABAC Chair Rachel Taulelei to ABAC/APEC Economic Leaders’ Dialogue, 12 November 2021
Read ABAC Chair Rachel Taulelei’s remarks to the ABAC/APEC Economic Leaders’ Dialogue on 12 November 2021.
Press release from ABAC IV meeting, 10 November 2021
Business to APEC Leaders: work together to address pandemic recovery, trade, climate, inequality.
Remarks by ABAC Chair, Rachel Taulelei, to APEC Ministerial Meeting, 8 November 2021
Remarks by ABAC Chair, Rachel Taulelei, to APEC Ministerial Meeting, 8 November 2021
APEC 21 – BEATING COVID ONE ZOOM AT A TIME
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) is preparing to discuss its Annual Report with APEC Economic Leaders.
New Zealand ratifies RCEP, agreement to enter into force early next year
Written By: Hon Phil Twyford Source: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-ratifies-rcep-agreement-enter-force-early-next-year Aotearoa New Zealand has ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Minister of State for Trade and Export...
NEW ZEALAND TO RATIFY RCEP – GOOD MOVE SAYS BUSINESS FORUM
Final steps are being completed for New Zealand’s ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Agreement, which brings implementation of the Agreement’s useful provisions a step closer, says the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF)....
Britain here we come!
We are excited about the Agreement in Principle (AiP) on a future free trade agreement with the United Kingdom! Some 139 years after the first refrigerated vessel left for the “mother country” and 48 years since Britain cast its lot with a united Europe, New Zealand...