Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director of NZIBF, traveled to San Francisco for APEC Leaders’ week and writes his thoughts on the outcome.
QUEUING FOR CPTPP
Are latest announcements of intended memberships a shot in the arm for the Trans Pacific trade deal – or a spanner in the works? Way back at turn of the century the idea of what was to become the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) was but a glint in the eye of New...
Does Trade War loom? Nerves of Steel.
Remove Stephanie Honey comments on the latest threat to the world trading system. On the eve of the signing of the CPTPP, among the biggest FTAs in the world, the global temperature on trade has rapidly moved towards “trade war” setting. On 1 March, President Trump...
Comprehensive and Progressive, the Time for CPTPP is Now
Remove It takes the power of a good idea. A “comprehensive and progressive” version of Trans Pacific Partnership will be signed by eleven members of the original fellowship in Santiago on 8 March. The good idea is that trade and investment can be boosted by more open...
Business Forum welcomes Trade Strategy for Uncertain times
Remove The New Zealand International Business Forum congratulates Prime Minister Bill English and Trade Minister Todd McClay on the release of an ambitious, new trade strategy accompanied by an additional $91 million funding for trade-related initiatives. “The...
