Stephen Jacobi discusses expanding CER to ASEAN, based on his remarks he gave at an ASEAN NZ Business Council agri-business event, hosted by ANZ Bank.
Let’s try that again: Happy new year!
In another year of disruption and loss there have been some surprising wins for trade. The kindest thing that could be said about 2021 is that things didn’t quite work out as planned. We did not defeat the pandemic and lives and livelihoods continued to be lost....
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...
Remarks by ABAC Executive Director Stephen Jacobi to Pacific Basin Economic Council, 22 November 2021
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL REMARKS TO PBEC CONFERENCE22 NOVEMBER 2021 STEPHEN JACOBIEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEY TAKE AWAYS FOR ASIAN BUSINESS FROM APEC NZ 2021 Thanks very much for the opportunity to be with you today and in such distinguished company. It’s a pleasure...
