It’s been a busy but tough year for trade. Read our end-of-year roundup by Executive Director Stephen Jacobi.
“Positioning New Zealand In A Time Of Uncertainty”
Remove ADDRESS TO THE SHEPHERDS WELLINGTON, 10 FEBRUARY 2020 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM My thanks to my friend and New Zealand’s new Special Agricultural Trade Envoy, Mel Poulton, for the invitation to join you this morning. Mel...
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...
The Great Unravelling
Remove The trade war is spawning an increasingly chaotic global trade environment, where the old conventions about sticking to the rules and using quiet diplomacy to solve problems seem to be unravelling. That is not good news for New Zealand – or for the...
Don’t Panic, Miss Muffet
Remove Originally published in The Spinoff, June 2019. Taking a longer term view of developments in the China market would help everyone’s stress levels. These are tense time for trade. The ongoing US/China trade war makes everyone (even me) nervous. And...
