June 2025 Introduction This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) and Export New Zealand (ExportNZ)....
Media Release on Outcomes of ABAC IV, Lima – 12 November 2024
Media Release on Outcomes of ABAC III – 4 August 2024
Media Release on Outcomes of ABAC II – 24 April 2024
Media Release on Outcomes of ABAC I
Roundtable on Digital Trade: Presentation by Rachel Taulelei, ABAC New Zealand – 22 April 2024
Roundtable on Digital Trade: Remarks by Rachel Taulelei, ABAC New Zealand – 22 April 2024
Presentation by Stephanie Honey on the ABAC visit to WTO – Geneva, 10-12 April 202
Speaking notes by Stephanie Honey on the ABAC visit to WTO – Geneva, 10-12 April 2024
Presentation by Brett O’Riley to SWG – ABAC I – 16 February 2024
ABAC Statement on WTO MC13 – February 2024
Media release from ABAC IV, San Francisco
Remarks by Anna Curzon at CPTPP Business Dialogue, San Francisco, 14 November
Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2023
Bangkok Bio-Circular Economy Goals
Supply Chain Resilience Toolkit
ABAC Letter to APEC Finance Ministers – 18 August 2023
Report to APEC Finance Ministers – Financing the Future of APEC
Progress Report – Forging Partnerships for a Better Future
ABAC Letter to SME Ministers – 14 July 2023
ABAC Letter to APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade
ABAC Statement on the FTAAP – 26 May 2023
ABAC Statement on the WTO – 26 May 2023
Presentation on Climate Change by Brett O’Riley, 29 April 2023
Presentation on Indigenous Economic Empowerment by Rachel Taulelei, 28 April 2023
Presentation on WTO for Anna Curzon by Rachel Taulelei, 28 April 2023
Climate Change – Presentation by Malcolm Johns, ABAC, 13 February 2023
Press release Asia-Pacific business leaders call for action on climate and economic inclusion
Press release announcing ABAC I meeting, Auckland 12-14 February 2023
Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2022
APEC Leaders Issue 2022 Declaration and the Bangkok Goals on the Bio-Circular-Green Economy
Presentation by Malcolm Johns to the Sustainability Working Group, 27 July 2022
Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2021
Press release from ABAC Dialogue with Ministers Responsible for Trade, 4 June 2021
Remarks by Rachel Taulelei to APEC Trade Ministers, 4 June
Remarks by ABAC Chair Rachel Taulelei to APEC Senior Officials, 11/12 March 2021
Remarks to Public Private Dialogue on Renewable Energy, Malcolm Johns, ABAC NZ, 18 January 2021
Address To Te Taumata, Whakatū, 24 November 2020, Rachel Taulelei
Presentation to ABAC IV, 17 November 2020, Rachel Taulelei , Abac 2021 Work Programme (text)
ABAC 2021 Work Programme (presentation)
Presentation to ABAC III, 14 September 2020, Towards a virtual ABAC, Rachel Taulelei (presentation)
Supporting the WTO, Rachel Taulelei: presentation to ABAC, 22 July 2020 (pdf download)
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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...
