It’s been a busy but tough year for trade. Read our end-of-year roundup by Executive Director Stephen Jacobi.
The Art of the (Mini-) Deal: a New US-Japan Trade Agreement
Remove The US and Japan have struck a new “mini” trade deal. Japanese agriculture concessions mean that New Zealand exports will face increased competition in Japan from US beef, cheese and other products – as we would have done had the US remained in CPTPP...
Trading into uncertainty: Two months to Brexit
Remove Photo: Even Newton’s Cradle stops eventually – but only after the shockwaves are transmitted along the chain. We are now less than two months out from the Brexit deadline. A “no-deal” UK exit seems increasingly likely – but the picture for trade remains...
The Great Unravelling
Remove The trade war is spawning an increasingly chaotic global trade environment, where the old conventions about sticking to the rules and using quiet diplomacy to solve problems seem to be unravelling. That is not good news for New Zealand – or for the...
Two and a half cheers for RCEP !
Remove Image: NZ Embassy in Beijing gets a Ministerial visitor this week Ministers – including Hon Damien O’Connor from New Zealand – meet in Beijing this week to try to crunch a little known but very big trade deal. Is it still possible to conclude big new...
