APEC NEWS RELEASE: Issued by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Ha Long, 29 July 2022 – Asia-Pacific business leaders in the APEC Business...
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Submission to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THENEW ZEALAND UNITED KINGDOM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT MARCH 2022 Introduction and Summary 1. This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) whose members are listed at Annex A 1 . NZIBF is a...

Submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
CPTPP Accession - April 2021 Introduction and Summary This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) whose members are listed at Annex A[1]. NZIBF is a forum of senior business leaders working together to promote New...

Submission to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
International Treaty Examination of the Protocol to Upgrade the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the People’s Republic of China March 2021 Introduction and Summary This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF)...
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Submission to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THENEW ZEALAND UNITED KINGDOM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT MARCH 2022...

Submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
CPTPP Accession - April 2021 Introduction and Summary This submission is made on behalf of the New...

Submission to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
International Treaty Examination of the Protocol to Upgrade the Free Trade Agreement between New...

Submission to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATON OF THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT,...

SUBMISSION TO THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION – NEW ZEALAND FIRMS REACHING FOR THE FRONTIER
September 2020 This submission is made on behalf of the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF),...

SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE AND THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT
EU-NEW ZEALAND FTA: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (GIs) APRIL 2020 This submission is made on behalf of...

Submission to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC 2021) BILL FEBRUARY 2020 This submission is made on...

Submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Upgrading the ASEAN Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
JULY 2019 This submission is made on behalf of the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF), whose...

Submission – Reform of the Overseas Investment Act 2005: Facilitating productive investment that supports New Zealanders’ wellbeing
The New Zealand International Business Forum ("NZIBF") welcomes the opportunity to make a...
Asia-Pacific Business Leaders to APEC Leaders: Speed up economic recovery and regain growth momentum
APEC NEWS RELEASE: Issued by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Ha Long, 29 July 2022 – Asia-Pacific business leaders in the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting this week in Ha Long, Viet Nam, expressed deep concern about the unprecedented crises...
TradeWindow: Digital trade provides hope through challenging times
It won’t come as a surprise to many people to hear that we remain in a very challenging situation when it comes to global business. Our exporters are operating in an environment that is difficult to navigate due to continuing uncertainties – the seemingly endless...
TRADE AND CLIMATE POLICIES NEED TO WORK TOGETHER – BUSINESS FORUM
A new report, commissioned by the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) and prepared by Adrian Macey, former Climate Change Ambassador and World Trade Organization (WTO) Lead Negotiator, shows that trade policy and actions to address climate change can be...
Trade and Climate Change: State of Play
TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: STATE OF PLAY. A discussion paper prepared for the NZIBF by Adrian Macey, June 2022. Download here.
THE NZ/EU FTA IS LIKE THE CURATE’S EGG
It’s fair enough to claim that this FTA was the best deal that could be obtained in the circumstances and that continuing negotiations might have led to a worse or even no outcome.
ADDRESS TO THE FONTERRA ALUMNI GOVERNANCE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Exporters like Fonterra will need to pay attention to risk management and to make sure they can benefit from options opened up by new free trade agreements including with the UK and hopefully (fingers crossed here) also the EU.
NZ EU FTA – A MIXED BAG, SAYS BUSINESS FORUM
The EU will enjoy better conditions for investment, including a higher investment screening threshold similar to other FTA partners and better access to government procurement.
NZ EU FTA COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE – HOLD THE LINE, SAYS BUSINESS FORUM
As negotiations accelerate to conclude an ambitious free trade agreement between New Zealand and the European Union, the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF), representing a cross section of major exporters, urges the Government and its negotiators to hold out for a commercially meaningful deal which expands market access for all exports and does not disadvantage or penalise any one sector.
WTO BACK IN BUSINESS – INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM
The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) welcomes the outcome of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 12th Ministerial Council meeting in Geneva and congratulates Trade Minister O’Connor and officials.
Address to the 50th One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business
The pandemic is far from over, there is war in Europe (who would have thought we would be using that phrase in the 21st century), global markets are disrupted by supply chain bottlenecks and inflation is taking its toll on the global economy.