NZIBF
Launched in June 2007, NZIBF brings together business leaders from some of New Zealand’s largest internationally oriented companies together with the country’s peak business organisations.
Trade Works
Trade Works is the communications platform for the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF), and the New Zealand Chapter of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
ABAC NZ
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) is the voice of business in APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation). The three NZ Members of ABAC advise APEC Economic Leaders on priority business issues for the region. New Zealand is hosting APEC in 2021.
Trade Working
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 2020, a veritable annus horribilis for the global economy. 2021 can’t come fast enough, but while the vaccine portends better times to come, many parts of the...
RCEP Delivers New Rule Book for Asia Trade
It is said good things take time, and that is inevitably true of international free trade negotiations. More than eight years after launching, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement was finally signed on 15th November 2020 creating a new rule...
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 term and passed the baton to Philip Gregan (CEO, NZ Winegrowers). Here is Malcolm’s final annual report which was presented on 25 November. I am pleased to present my...
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 for better times ahead, but, while there is ample scope to expand co-operation with a Biden Administration in the White House, the future is unlikely to be all plain sailing. The...
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 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, with much detail...
In The News
Remarks to Public Private Dialogue on Renewable Energy
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL18 JANUARY 2021, MALCOLM JOHNS, ABAC NZ PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE ON PROPOSED APEC FRAMEWORK FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY Thanks for the opportunity to offer some concluding remarks for today’s dialogue. Let me start by...
New member for APEC Business Advisory Council
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Anna Curzon to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). The leader of each APEC economy appoints three private sector representatives to ABAC. ABAC provides advice to leaders annually on business priorities. “ABAC helps...
The New Trade Environment Through An Indigenous Lens
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO AUCKLAND TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICY SCHOOL SESSION TWO: THE NEW TRADE ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2020, RACHEL TAULELEI, ABAC NZ and CEO, KONO Tēnā koutou katoa It is fantastic to be...
Food Security in the Asia-Pacific Region
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL KEYNOTE SPEECH TO APEC WEBINAR ON THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND INFORMATION-SHARING 2 DECEMBER 2020, RACHEL TAULELEI, ABAC NZ Tēnā koutou katoa Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak at this seminar on public-private...
The ABAC opportunity for Māori
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO TE TAUMATA, WHAKATŪ, 24 NOVEMBER 2020 RACHEL TAULELEI, ABAC CHAIR 2021 In these unpredictable times it is challenging to think ahead. Certainly no one thought that, come 2021, when Aotearoa New Zealand assumes both the...
Media Releases
New Zealand to Chair APEC Business Advisory Council
Media release, 1 December 2020 As New Zealand assumes the role of Chair of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation) for 2021, Rachel Taulelei also takes over the role of Chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). “This is a unique opportunity for New Zealand...
RCEP Delivers New Rule Book for Asia Trade
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 that the...
Business Forum Ready To Help Adapt APEC In 2021
Media release, 30 June 2020 “The times require us all to adapt” said Malcolm Bailey, Chair of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF), reacting today to the announcement that New Zealand’s chairing of APEC in 2021 would be done on virtual basis. “We...
Business Forum Welcomes NZ UK FTA Negotiation
Media release, 17 June 2020 The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) is delighted that New Zealand and the United Kingdom have launched a negotiation to conclude an ambitious, high quality and comprehensive free trade agreement. “Now that the UK is completing the...
New Digital Agreement with Singapore and Chile a good foundation, says Business Forum
Media release, 12 June 2020 Putting in place the right trade rules for the digital economy is vital for New Zealand business in the 21st century, said Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF), commenting on the...