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TIRED OF GEO-POLITICAL CONFLICT? TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SINGAPORE’S BOOK
Published by Newsroom, 23 June Stephen Jacobi[1] has been spending time in Singapore and finds a lot of similarities to the challenge Aotearoa faces with two big friends who are finding it difficult to get along. In the face of continuing global economic uncertainty...

NZ Herald: Time to lift our game in India
Following his recent visit to India our Executive Director Stephen Jacobi penned this article advocating a more strategic approach to the further development of the relationship. The article was published by the NZ Herald on 9 December.

APEC Rolls out Priorities for 2023
Issued by the Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting - Honolulu, The United States, 13 December 2022 Aiming to provide tailwinds for member economies to strengthen recovery and resilience, as well as advance broad-based economic growth, the United States rolled out its...
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Remarks by ABAC Chair Rachel Taulelei to APEC Senior Officials, 11/12 March 2021
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL, APEC SENIOR OFFICIALS’ MEETING, 11/12 MARCH 2021 REMARKS FROM...

International business calls for freer services trade
January 28, 2021 Dear JSI Co-Convenors: The members of the Global Services Coalition, a network of...

All you ever wanted to know about APEC
Summer intern Kaitlin Outtrim has produced this useful backgrounder on APEC and ABAC. Find out all...

People, place and prosperity: Asia-Pacific business community’s call to action
APEC NEWS RELEASE Issued byThe APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Business leaders from 21...

Remarks to Public Private Dialogue on Renewable Energy
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL18 JANUARY 2021, MALCOLM JOHNS, ABAC NZ PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE ON...

New member for APEC Business Advisory Council
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Anna Curzon to the APEC Business Advisory Council...

The New Trade Environment Through An Indigenous Lens
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO AUCKLAND TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICY SCHOOL SESSION TWO:...

Food Security in the Asia-Pacific Region
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL KEYNOTE SPEECH TO APEC WEBINAR ON THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS...

The ABAC opportunity for Māori
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO TE TAUMATA, WHAKATŪ, 24 NOVEMBER 2020 RACHEL TAULELEI,...
IPEF SUPPLY CHAIN AGREEMENT – A USEFUL BUT MODEST STEP – BUSINESS FORUM
Read NZIBF’s to the #IPEF Supply Chain Agreement announcement.
SINGAPORE AND NEW ZEALAND – A MOST “FTA-ed” RELATIONSHIP
Stephen Jacobi continues his posts from his Singapore sojourn.
ADDRESS TO THE 52nd ONE STOP UPDATE FOR THE ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS
Stephen Jacobi gives a global economic update at the 52nd One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business.
RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS – FROM THE 9th CENTURY TO THE 21st
NZIBF’s Executive Director Stephen Jacob is spending an extended period in Singapore – allowing the opportunity to see things from the vantage point of the amazing trade hub of the Asia Pacific.
Asia Pacific Business Leaders Call for Forging a New Path on Inclusion, Resilience, and Sustainability
APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) members this week urged APEC Trade Ministers to leverage the challenges facing the region, including environmental risks, financial stress and the cost-of-living crisis, as opportunities to firmly place the region on a new path of economic inclusion, resilience, and sustainability.
Entry into force of FTA ushers in new era for NZ UK trade
The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes the announcement that the NZ UK Free Trade Agreement will enter into force on 31 May 2023.
Remarks to ASEAN Business Council Webinar, 26 April 2023
NZIBF Executive Director Stephen Jacobi spoke to the ASEAN Business Council about US/China tensions and the implications.
Business Forum welcomes report’s strategic approach to Indian market
The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes the discussion document India & New Zealand, A Relationship Ready For Its Next Phase released today by the India New Zealand Business Council (INZBC).
Remarks to Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit, New Delhi, 15 March 2023
Stephen Jacobi, NZIBF Executive Director, speaks to the Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit in New Delhi about The Future of Multilateralism.
AMIDST THE STORM: ABAC MEETS IN AUCKLAND
Perhaps a cyclone was after all a fitting backdrop for the meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) which was held in Auckland on 12-14 February – the global environment against which the meeting took place is decidedly stormy.