In this episode of the Diplosphere podcast, Stephen discusses his extensive career in trade and diplomacy.
The Art of the (Mini-) Deal: a New US-Japan Trade Agreement
Remove The US and Japan have struck a new “mini” trade deal. Japanese agriculture concessions mean that New Zealand exports will face increased competition in Japan from US beef, cheese and other products – as we would have done had the US remained in CPTPP...
Trade in 2018 – Still looking for that Star
Remove Just as well the magi didn’t face tariffs at the border 2018 will not go down in history as a good year for trade. While international businesses struggled on, they did so against a backdrop of rising protectionism and all-out trade war between the world’s two...
Trade agreements: good things come in threes
Remove This has been a hectic but productive week for New Zealand trade policy, with Parliamentary ratification of two important agreements – the Asia-Pacific mega-regional CPTPP, and the Pacific-focused PACER Plus agreement – and a negotiating session for a third big...
Does Trade War loom? Nerves of Steel.
Remove Stephanie Honey comments on the latest threat to the world trading system. On the eve of the signing of the CPTPP, among the biggest FTAs in the world, the global temperature on trade has rapidly moved towards “trade war” setting. On 1 March, President Trump...
