Media release, 4 June 2025 Long-time trade advocate Stephen Jacobi will retire from the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) on 30 June...
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM
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BUSINESS FORUM WELCOMES INDIA FTA NEGOTIATIONS
Remove Media release, 17 March 2025 The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes the launch of free trade negotiations with India, announced in Delhi, and is particularly pleased that these will proceed on a comprehensive basis. “There is enormous value to be...
Todd McClay – your trade mission, should you choose to accept it …
Remove As published by Newsroom 19 December 2023 By Stephen Jacobi “Twas the week before Christmas, When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Except busy trade officials … ‘Tis the season to be “BiM-ing”* and the NZ International Business Forum has sent...
A little breathing room at the WTO
A little breathing room at the WTO The emergence of Omicron has meant that the WTO Ministerial Conference has been put on hold – leaving in limbo key decisions about pandemic trade responses and fish subsidies (not to mention agriculture). But there is some good...
An Open Letter to Trade Minister O’Connor
22 November 2021 Hon Damien O’ConnorMinister of Trade and Export GrowthWELLINGTON Dear Minister As you and your colleagues prepare to gather in Geneva, we write this open letter to express the strong support of the New Zealand business community for ambitious...