Media release, 4 June 2025 Long-time trade advocate Stephen Jacobi will retire from the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) on 30 June...
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2023 – Steps forward and back
Our end of year trade wrap up from NZIBF Executive Director, Stephen Jacobi.
Of APEC, CPTPP and IPEF
Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director of NZIBF, traveled to San Francisco for APEC Leaders’ week and writes his thoughts on the outcome.
GUEST BLOG: Raewyn Bleakley, Chief Executive, New Zealand Food and Grocery Council
NZIBF Board Member and CEO, NZ Food and Grocery Council, Raewyn Bleakley, shares her thoughts on why trade is important to kiwis.
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No BAU at the WTO
The World Trade Organisation has unanimously selected Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new...
Trade in the worst of the worst times
“Out with the old, and in with the new”. The old saying seems to have particular relevance for...
RCEP Delivers New Rule Book for Asia Trade
It is said good things take time, and that is inevitably true of international free trade...
Farewell Despatch: Malcolm Bailey’s Annual report
NZIBF Board and guests meet on 25 November 2020 NZIBF Chair Malcolm Bailey has finished a 5-year...
What does a Biden Presidency mean for NZ/US Relations and Trade?
The American people have spoken. America’s “better angels” have prevailed. We all hope...
Brexit and NZ/UK Trade – Will There Be Blue Birds?
Dame Vera Lynn’s iconic song about the hope which sustained Britain during WWII might point...
TRADING PROMISES
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Blog: Tech Week 2020: New Zealand’s digital future in the APEC region
The Asia-Pacific is the destination for three-quarters of New Zealand’s exports, and includes many...
GUEST POST: Business gears up for APEC 2021
Rachel Taulelei, CEO of Kono and ABAC Chair for 2021 looks at how business can contribute and...
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Business Forum welcomes UAE FTA negotiations
The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes the start of formal negotiations on the New Zealand/UAE Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and looks forward to steady progress that will lead to the securing of a comprehensive and modern agreement between the two economies.
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This week in Hong Kong, China, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) voiced serious concerns regarding the global shift towards protectionism and regional fragmentation, risking decades of economic progress.
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NZIBF’s submission to MFAT on the New Zealand UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations.
NEW TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND LEADERSHIP FORUM
The Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) welcomes the appointment of Stephen Jacobi and Simon Le Quesne to the New Zealand arm of the ANZLF Secretariat.
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NZIBF acknowledges the passage of the implementing legislation for the New Zealand/European Union Free Trade Agreement and looks forward to the FTA’s entry into force on 1 May.
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Despite its overwhelming importance at the heart of the international trade system, members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have concluded their Ministerial in Abu Dhabi (“MC13”) with only a meagre outcome.
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In our latest Trade Working blog Stephen Jacobi and Stephanie Honey look at prospects for #WTO #MC13.
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