ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 CHAIR’S REPORT I am pleased to present my second report on the activities and achievements of the NZ International...
NZIBF 2022 Chair Report
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Trade war – peace in our time?
Remove The announcement of a ceasefire in the US/China trade war can be greeted with a sigh of relief by the international community but the agreement leaves a number of unanswered questions especially for New Zealand exporters. All eyes were on Washington this week...
APEC in PNG: Putting the “P” in Asia Pacific
Remove Leaders, Ministers, senior officials and business people from the 21 economies from APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation – gather this week in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, the first time this Pacific economy has hosted. Trade, investment,...
Making sense of the TPP end game
Remove There’s an old Peggy Lee song – “If that’s all there is, then let’s keep dancin’”. That essentially was how the TPP negotiations ended up in Maui. The deal on the table was insufficient so Ministers decided to keep on talking. How did this happen? Going into...
TPP – Fact and Fiction
Remove The wildest speculation and misinformation is being spread about by those opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). It is claimed TPP is not a trade agreement. TPP is about trade – and investment and jobs and everything else that impacts on the way...