Executive Director Stephen Jacobi read out on the recent Delhi business mission, published earlier by Newsroom.

What is RCEP and why is it important?
Remove On 15 November New Zealand and 14 other Asian economies signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a big new free trade agreement covering 30% of the world’s economy. You can see our press release welcoming RCEP here. You can find...
RCEP Delivers New Rule Book for Asia Trade
Remove Media release, 15 November 2020 Business leaders from the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) have welcomed the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement. NZIBF Chair Malcolm Bailey said: “We are pleased...
Two and a half cheers for RCEP !
Remove Image: NZ Embassy in Beijing gets a Ministerial visitor this week Ministers – including Hon Damien O’Connor from New Zealand – meet in Beijing this week to try to crunch a little known but very big trade deal. Is it still possible to conclude big new...
Trade in 2018 – Still looking for that Star
Remove Just as well the magi didn’t face tariffs at the border 2018 will not go down in history as a good year for trade. While international businesses struggled on, they did so against a backdrop of rising protectionism and all-out trade war between the world’s two...