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ABAC 18 – Luke Sweeney on young people and trade
As part of our #ABACUnwrapped series, youth volunteer Luke Sweeney talks about volunteering at the ABAC meeting in Auckland and why it's important for young people to be involved in trade and understanding trade issues for the future. It’s important for young people...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, February
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FIRST MEETING, BANGKOK, 20-23 FEBRUARY 2017 SUMMARY The first meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council, or ABAC, for this year took place in Bangkok in late February. ABAC New Zealand member Katherine Rich attended and played an...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, November
APEC Business Advisory Council - Fourth Meeting, Lima, 13 - 16 November 2016 Report to New Zealand Business SUMMARY ABAC’s final meeting for 2016 was held in Lima and culminated in ABAC’s annual Dialogue with APEC Economic Leaders where ABAC’s key recommendations for...
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ABAC 18 – Luke Sweeney on young people and trade
As part of our #ABACUnwrapped series, youth volunteer Luke Sweeney talks about volunteering at the...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, February
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FIRST MEETING, BANGKOK, 20-23 FEBRUARY 2017 SUMMARY The first...
REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, November
APEC Business Advisory Council - Fourth Meeting, Lima, 13 - 16 November 2016 Report to New Zealand...
A Trade Policy for our times
The Government is “refreshing” its trade policy strategy. That’s both admirable and timely. The...
Oh, What A Lovely War
Who spoke to whom about what in China has over recent weeks fuelled some intense speculation and...
Brexit: Keep Calm and Carry On (Doing Business)?
The Big One or just a tiddler temblor? The initial dust of the British vote to leave the EU may...
RCEP COMES TO TOWN
It’s not a secret – negotiators from the sixteen member economies of the Regional Comprehensive...
Non tariff barriers – a new frontier for trade policy.
A recent report from the forest industry[1] has drawn attention to the increasing prevalence of...
TPP will be good for New Zealand – A Kiwi farmer’s view
Canterbury farmer Craige Mackenzie expresses his support for TPP on the Global Farmer Network....
SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
Submission to MFAT by NZIBF on the proposed green economy join working group with Chile and Singapore
PRESENTATION TO APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL: ADDRESSING PROTECTIONISM AND NON TARIFF BARRIERS
BRISBANE, 24 FEBRUARY 2025 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NZIBF My thanks to Anna Curzon and Stephanie Honey for giving me one last opportunity to speak to ABAC. I want to talk today about rising protectionism and proliferating non tariff barriers. It’s not a new...
Business Leaders Sound Alarm on Global Economic Uncertainty: Call for Unified APEC Action
Among rising global economic tension, the APEC Business
Advisory Council met in Brisbane this week to reaffirm its support for the value of trade and cooperation,
and the original APEC commitment to free, fair, open and rules-based trade.
REMARKS TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE COMMITTEE – 20 FEBRUARY 2025
Stephen Jacobi presented to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee in support of the NZ/UAE Closer Economic Partnership. He emphasised the need for the Government to follow through on undertakings around paperless trade.
Submission by ExportNZ and TradeWorks to the Health Select Committee on the Gene Technology Bill
Submission by ExportNZ and TradeWorks to the Health Select Committee on the Gene Technology Bill
SUBMISSION TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE SELECT COMMITTEE
The NZ/UAE Closer Economic Partnership is before the Select Committee this week. Read NZIBF’s joint submission with ExportNZ.
SOUTHERN LINK REVISITED SEMINAR, SEPT 2024
On 24 September 2024 a stakeholders seminar was held in Auckland to reassess the Southern Link concept, five years after a large conference kickstarted focused discussion of the idea (before Covid intervened). This report of the seminar discussions...
T Day has come
President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China has consequences for the whole world. Further such action may be in the pipeline. Read our initial assessment from Stephen Jacobi.
Back to the future?
It’s been a busy but tough year for trade. Read our end-of-year roundup by Executive Director Stephen Jacobi.
Diplosphere: Tour de Force with Stephen Jacobi – Having Choice is a Key NZ Interest
In this episode of the Diplosphere podcast, Stephen discusses his extensive career in trade and diplomacy.
