The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) will meet in Auckland from 12 to 14 February to discuss key themes of sustainability, digitalisation and resilient, inclusive trade.
TPP explained, part 2: Which sectors benefit from this mega FTA?
Remove By Stephen Jacobi, 09 Nov 2015 In my earlier piece I offered up some eye watering numbers – benefits of the TPP to New Zealand, which the Government says will add $2.7 billion to the economy by 2030. The nub of it is that TPP’s ultimate value is relative to the...
Towards a New Zealand-European Union FTA
Remove A discussion paper prepared by the New Zealand International Business Forum, July 2015. New Zealand and the European Union (EU) are currently reflecting on whether or not to proceed to the negotiating table to try to negotiate a new free trade agreement (FTA)....
Can we focus just a moment on the big picture please?
Remove The Chinese stock-market dive, the impact of fluctuating commodity prices, a report on the sources of increasing foreign direct investment, a rancorous public debate on trade, prospective negotiations in Paris on climate change – all these show one thing: New...
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...