On 24 September 2024 a stakeholders seminar was held in Auckland to reassess the Southern Link concept, five years after a large conference...
SOUTHERN LINK REVISITED SEMINAR, SEPT 2024
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Wanted! New FTA Partners
This new research completed for NZIBF by Sense Partners provides a forward-looking, data-driven assessment of priority FTA partners for the future. Identifying options for New Zealand’s next tranche of trade negotiations - Final Report - April...
How many eggs, in how many baskets” – new report on NZ/China trade
https://nzchinacouncil.org.nz/2020/08/report-explores-new-zealands-trade-exposure-to-china/ NZIBF has been proud to co-sponsor this new report prepared by John Baillingall of Sense Partners for the NZ China Council. The report seeks to contribute facts and...
Report to New Zealand Business on the APEC Business Advisory Council, February 2020
Summary The three new New Zealand members of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) – Rachel Taulelei, Toni Moyes and Malcolm Johns – played an active role in the first ABAC meeting of the year in Sydney from 12 to 15 February. The Council’s discussions...
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REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, April
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL SECOND MEETING, SEOUL, 26-29 APRIL 2017 REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND...
ABAC Cross-Cutting Principles to ensure NTMs do not become NTBs
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WORKING GROUP ABAC IV, LIMA, NOVEMBER...
New Zealand International Business Forum: Chairman’s Report
Annual General Meeting Wellington, 1 December 2016 Chairman's Report I am pleased to present my...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, August
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL - THIRD MEETING, SHENZHEN, 1-4 AUGUST 2016 REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND...
New Zealand International Business Forum: AGM Chairman’s Report
Annual General Meeting, 10 November 2015 - Graeme Harrison, KNZM, Chairman I am pleased to present...
Towards a New Zealand-European Union FTA
A discussion paper prepared by the New Zealand International Business Forum, July 2015. New...
New Zealand Business at APEC Bali
Twelve New Zealand business representatives will participate in the APEC CEO Summit and related...
Chairman’s report to the AGM of the New Zealand International Business Forum Graeme Harrison, 3 December 2009
I am pleased to present this report as Chairman of the NZ International Business Forum marking our...
To go or woe with the WTO?
In our latest Trade Working blog Stephen Jacobi and Stephanie Honey look at prospects for #WTO #MC13.
DCANZ – Agricultural Subsidy Distortions Must Be Addressed
Media Release by the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) – Agricultural Subsidy Distortions Must Be Addressed
Asia-Pacific business leaders call for greater economic dynamism with people at the center of the APEC agenda
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, expressed deep concerns about the growing pressures of economic fragmentation and the risks that this poses to growth, inclusion and the climate fight.
SUBMISSION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE COMMITTEE – FEBRUARY 2024
NZIBF’s submission on the New Zealand European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill – February 2024.
ABAC Statement on WTO MC13 – February 2024
Now, more than ever, the world needs a credible, relevant, and effective multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core.
Global Industry Statement on the WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions
NZIBF has joined 170 international business associations in calling for a extension to the current moratorium on tariffs applying to digital services (like Netflix) at the forthcoming WTO Ministerial meeting.
Resilient supply chains: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Published by the Hinrich Foundation, Singapore, 23 August 2024 By Stephen Jacobi History has much to teach us about the way trade contributes to prosperity through the movement of goods, services, people, and ideas. Today, data can be added to this web of...
SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE AGREEMENT FOR TRANS- PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (CPTPP) DECEMBER 2023 Summary This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF). As individual NZIBF Members may make their own...
Todd McClay – your trade mission, should you choose to accept it …
Stephen Jacobi breaks down NZIBF’s advice to Trade Minister McClay in its Brief for the Incoming Minister – as published by Newsroom.
2023 – Steps forward and back
Our end of year trade wrap up from NZIBF Executive Director, Stephen Jacobi.
