June 2025 Introduction This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) and Export New Zealand (ExportNZ)....
People need to be at the heart of measures to address the health and prosperity of the Asia Pacific region, according to this year’s Report to Economic Leaders by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). Unveiling the report today, Rachel Taulelei, Chair of ABAC for...
By Rachel Taulelei - ABAC Chair 2021 Minister O’Connor, Ministers, Heads of Delegation Food security is a critical topic. APEC has a broad and ambitious agenda as we seek to make the Putrajaya Vision a reality. But at the most basic level, if our people go...
By Rachel Taulelei, ABAC Chat 2021 What is needed to get the APEC region humming again? If I had to choose an Olympic sport to describe running a global business these days, it would be trampolining, with the wild highs and lows. Finding ways to improve that business...
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People need to be at the heart of measures to address the health and prosperity of the Asia...
By Rachel Taulelei - ABAC Chair 2021 Minister O’Connor, Ministers, Heads of Delegation Food...
By Rachel Taulelei, ABAC Chat 2021 What is needed to get the APEC region humming again? If I had...
June 2025 Introduction This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) and Export New Zealand (ExportNZ). NZIBF is a multi-sector organisation representing larger export sectors and key business associations, with strong...
Media Release - 25 June 2025 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Felicity Roxburgh as its new Executive Director. She will officially take up the role on 7 July 2025. Felicity brings nearly two decades of...
Media release, 4 June 2025 Long-time trade advocate Stephen Jacobi will retire from the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) on 30 June 2025. “Stephen has made a major contribution to New Zealand’s economy and our trade interests through his articulate,...
CHRISTCHURCH AND AUCKLAND, MAY 2025 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GLOBAL MACRO-ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE My thanks as always to Brightstar for the invitation to be with you today. As some of you will know I have been a serial attender at these events, normally...
Jeju, Republic of Korea | 16 May 2025 Read the original post here 1.We, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT), met in Jeju, Republic of Korea, from 15-16 May 2025, under the chairmanship of H.E. Inkyo Cheong, Minister of...
2 MAY 2025 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IMPACT OF TRADE WARS ON NZ My thanks to Local Government NZ for the invitation to be with you today. As a resident of Napier I am all the more pleased to contribute to this rural and provincial sector meeting. Whether you...
April 2025 Introduction This submission is being made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF), whose members are listed at Annex A[1]. NZIBF is a group of senior business leaders working together to promote New Zealand’s engagement in the...
When President Trump spoke in the White House Rose Garden to launch his wrecking-ball “fair and reciprocal tariffs”, there were some in the audience wearing hard hats. While this was doubtless to show support for the move amongst hard-working Americans, maybe...
Media release, 4 April 2025 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) has reacted with deep disappointment to the news that the United States will implement an additional 10 percent ad valorem tariff on New Zealand exports. “The United States is a close and...
Market price support policies (aka as “subsidies”) in the agriculture sector are a classic example of what is meant by 'beggar thy neighbour'. One country attempts to improve its own economic situation by intervening in the market on behalf of its producers, at the...
