Stephen Jacobi, NZIBF Executive Director, speaks to the Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit in New Delhi about The Future of Multilateralism.
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...
Remove Dame Vera Lynn’s iconic song about the hope which sustained Britain during WWII might point equally to the challenges posed by Britain’s messy divorce from the European Union. The date for the decree nisi – 31 December – is just two months away,...
Remove The UK has now formally withdrawn from the EU. We will see little change in the short term, thanks to an 11-month “transition period”, but the all-too-fleeting timeframe for negotiating new trade agreements with the EU and others, including New Zealand,...
Remove Less than two weeks before “B-Day”, the Brexit process has descended into disarray. There is still a risk that the UK will crash out of the EU on or shortly after 29 March with no deal in place, notwithstanding King Canute-like attempts to avert...
