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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 INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THE NZ/UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 17 MARCH 2022 STEPHEN JACOBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Madam Chair, Members of the Committee Thank you for the...
Remarks to India NZ Business Summit
The Future of Trade Agreements and How Will They Differ From Today? Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum 24 June 2021, Auckland, New Zealand Namaskar ! Kia ora ! Thanks Michael and thanks to INZBC for the invitation to join the...
Address to LEANZ (II)
"The Future of Global Trade Institutions Part II - The WTO" Address to the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand Stephanie Honey, Associate Director, NZ International Business Forum Auckland, 18 March 2021 & Wellington, 29 April 2021 What does this all mean...
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ADDRESS TO PRIMARY INDUSTRY SUMMIT – WELLINGTON, 23 MAY 2016
“TPP UNWRAPPED – FOR THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES” Having participated in this conference for several...
TPP Unwrapped – for Health IT
Address to NZHIT Networking Event, 21 April 2016 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, New Zealand...
Everything you ever wanted to know about TPP but were too afraid to ask
Address to U3A, Wellington, 15 April 2016 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, New Zealand...
ABAC Statement – International Treaty Examination of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
Statement to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee, 7 April 2016 By Tony Nowell,...
International Treaty Examination of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
Statement to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee, 7 April 2016 Malcolm Bailey,...
TPPA Unwrapped – address to the Nelson Branch of the Institute for International Affairs
5 April 2016, Nelson, by Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, New Zealand International Business...
Trade And Health – A Business Perspective
Address to Otago University Trade and Health Seminar, Wellington, 16 February 2016 by Stephen...
Understanding TPP and its Importance for New Zealand and Latin America
Address to Latin America New Zealand Business Council Auckland, 30 November 2015 by Stephen...
The Implications of Free Trade Agreements for the Wine Industry
Notes for an address to international wine law association (Australasian section) conference...
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.
ADDRESS TO THE HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH OF THE NZ INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – “TRADE SECURITY – FINDING NEW BASKETS”
TUESDAY 15 AUGUST 2023 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM It’s a pleasure to be with you once again. This is an address about trade but also about baskets and eggs – in particular how many eggs and how many baskets we need to prosper...
SUBMISSION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE COMMITTEE
Read NZIBF’s assessment of the #NZEU FTA submitted to the Select Committee: “efforts will need to be made over time in the … review of the Agreement if it is to deliver significant commercial benefits to New Zealand”.
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.