Media release, 30 March 2020 “Ensuring effective arbitration of trade disputes is a vital component of the international trade system”, says NZIBF Chair, Malcolm Bailey. Mr Bailey was reacting to news that New Zealand has joined 15 other members of the World Trade...
Media release, 24 March 2020 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) today welcomed the Government’s efforts to keep global supply chains open as an essential tool in combatting the effects of the Covid-19 virus. “Trade has a role to play in the fight...
11 February 2020 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) announced today that it had concluded a new partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to provide policy advice and support to the New Zealand Members of the APEC Business...
5 November 2019 New Zealand business leaders have reacted positively to today’s news that the text of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement has been agreed by fifteen of the sixteen participants (all except India). “We are pleased that...
4 November 2019 New Zealand’s trade relationship with China stands to be further enhanced by the upgrade of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) announced today, says the NZ International Business Forum. “China is our largest trading partner and the FTA, which is now...
26 April 2019 The WTO and its predecessor the GATT have created and sustained a system of multilateral trade rules which have helped to generate over 70 years of global prosperity, and created dynamic opportunities for businesses, communities and economies, including...
26 April 2019 Senior Asia-Pacific business leaders of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting this week in Jakarta, Indonesia, stressed their shared commitment to ensuring that the APEC region remained the dynamic centre of global economic gravity. “There...
A joint statement on planned WTO tariff rate quotas post-Brexit from the NZ Food and Beverage Exporters
Issued by the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF). 28 November 2018 - The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) has released a discussion paper on the potential for a future free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom (UK), as the UK prepares to...
Issued by the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF). 26 November 2018 – The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) congratulates the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) for its advocacy which has led to the adoption of a set of principles on non-tariff...