Media release, 4 April 2025 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) has reacted with deep disappointment to the news that the United...
BUSINESS FORUM DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED WITH UNJUSTIFIED US TARIFFS
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Address to LEANZ (I)
"The Future of Global Trade Institutions - The Context" Address to the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum Auckland, 18 March 2021 & Wellington, 29 April 2021 It’s a pleasure to be with...
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." Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, New Zealand International Business Forum, APEC Business Advisory Council Havelock North, 15 March 2021 It’s a pleasure to be with you all in...
Remarks to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THE PROTOCOL TO UPGRADE THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 11 MARCH 2021, STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Madam Chair, Members of the Committee Thank you for the opportunity to present...
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Are China (and NZ) Heading for a Hard Landing? Will the TPP and Australia’s China FTA Change the Competitive Environment?
Remarks to China Business Summit, Auckland, 9 November 2015, Stephen Jacobi, Executive director,...
Japan and New Zealand: An Added Value Relationship – Realising the TPP Opportunity
Address To Japan New Zealand Business Council, 42nd Annual Joint Meeting, Tomakomai, Hokkaido, 20...
Making Trans Pacific Friends – New Zealand, China and the United States
Address to the Conference of The New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre “China Us...
TPP – where to from here (and how did we get here anyway)?
Address to NZ institute for International Affairs, Wellington, 2 September 2015 - Stephen Jacobi,...
Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and The Republic of Korea) Amendment Bill Statement to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee
Mr Chairman, Honourable members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to our submission. I do so...
Trade and resilient agri-business Address to Federated Farmers Conference, Wellington, 2 July 2015 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director New Zealand International Business Forum
Thank you for the opportunity to join this timely discussion on resilience and the agri-business...
Emerging trade agreements Address to Primary Industry Summit Wellington, 25 May 2015 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum
Thank you for the opportunity to be with you once again at this year's Summit. I'm speaking to you...
International treaty examination of the agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea Statement to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee 30 April 2015 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZIBF
Mr Chairman, Honourable members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to our submission. I do so...
The case for trade Address to the Nelson branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs Nelson, 10 February 2015 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZIBF
It's great to be with you and I am grateful to my friend and former colleague Hugo Judd for the...
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.
Entry into force of FTA ushers in new era for NZ UK trade
The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes the announcement that the NZ UK Free Trade Agreement will enter into force on 31 May 2023.