NZIBF Board Member and CEO, NZ Food and Grocery Council, Raewyn Bleakley, shares her thoughts on why trade is important to kiwis.
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Remarks to ASEAN Business Council Webinar, 26 April 2023
REMARKS TO ASEAN NZ BUSINESS COUNCIL WEBINAR, 26 APRIL 2023 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT - US/CHINA TENSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ASEAN It’s great to join this webinar with my good friend Siah Hwee Ang. Thanks to the ASEAN NZ Business...
Remarks to Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit, New Delhi, 15 March 2023
"The Future of Multilateralism" by Stephen Jacobi, NZIBF Executive Director Namaskar Tēnā koutou katoa – greetings to you all in the language of the Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand. It is an honour for me to speak to such a distinguished gathering today....
Address to the 51st One Stop Update for The Accountant In Business, 25 October 2022
ADDRESS TO THE 51st ONE STOP UPDATE FOR THE ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS AUCKLAND, 25 OCTOBER 2022 STEPHEN JACOBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM GLOBAL ECONOMIC UPDATE Thanks to Brightstar for inviting me back to address this conference once again. When...
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Remarks to Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM REMARKS TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE COMMITTEE...
Remarks to India NZ Business Summit
The Future of Trade Agreements and How Will They Differ From Today? Stephen Jacobi, Executive...
Address to LEANZ (II)
"The Future of Global Trade Institutions Part II - The WTO" Address to the Law and Economics...
Address to LEANZ (I)
"The Future of Global Trade Institutions - The Context" Address to the Law and Economics...
Address to the Hawke’s Bay Branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
“Coping with International Business in the turbulent times of Covid - the example of APEC."...
Remarks to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THE PROTOCOL TO UPGRADE THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW...
Remarks to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP)...
Address to the 47th One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business
GLOBAL ECONOMIC UPDATE: TRENDS, SHIFTS AND IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND’S BUSINESS LANDSCAPE...
Remarks to Te Taumata Hui, Gisborne/Turanga
21 July 2020 Stephen Jacobi – Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum It’s great to be...
CER CELEBRATES A RUBY ANNIVERSARY
The Australia-New Zealand Leadership celebrated 40 years of the Closer Economic Relations (CER) agreement. At a time when good FTAs are hard to come by, it is good to be reminded of the bold step that was taken back then by Australia and New Zealand and how it can be taken forward.
Asia-Pacific businesses urge APEC Leaders to act on equity, sustainability and opportunity in an increasingly challenging landscape
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.
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?
TIRED OF GEO-POLITICAL CONFLICT? TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SINGAPORE’S BOOK
Stephen Jacobi 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 SINGAPORE, “M” STANDS FOR MULTILATERALISM
In another post from Singapore, NZIBF Executive Director Stephen Jacobi addresses questions of regional security.
IPEF SUPPLY CHAIN AGREEMENT – A USEFUL BUT MODEST STEP – BUSINESS FORUM
Read NZIBF’s to the #IPEF Supply Chain Agreement announcement.
SINGAPORE AND NEW ZEALAND – A MOST “FTA-ed” RELATIONSHIP
Stephen Jacobi continues his posts from his Singapore sojourn.
ADDRESS TO THE 52nd ONE STOP UPDATE FOR THE ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS
Stephen Jacobi gives a global economic update at the 52nd One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business.
RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS – FROM THE 9th CENTURY TO THE 21st
NZIBF’s Executive Director Stephen Jacob is spending an extended period in Singapore – allowing the opportunity to see things from the vantage point of the amazing trade hub of the Asia Pacific.
Asia Pacific Business Leaders Call for Forging a New Path on Inclusion, Resilience, and Sustainability
APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) members this week urged APEC Trade Ministers to leverage the challenges facing the region, including environmental risks, financial stress and the cost-of-living crisis, as opportunities to firmly place the region on a new path of economic inclusion, resilience, and sustainability.
