Among rising global economic tension, the APEC Business
Advisory Council met in Brisbane this week to reaffirm its support for the value of trade and cooperation,
and the original APEC commitment to free, fair, open and rules-based trade.
TPP Investor state – keeping governments honest
Remove Those concerned about investor rights in trade agreements might well reflect on the appropriateness of the New Zealand Super Fund seeking to sue the Government of Portugal about retrospective regulations it has made to protect the interests of a...
Thank you Mr President – but no one country makes trade rules
Remove In his 2015 State of the Union address President Obama has at last thrown the weight of his office behind the trade agenda in asking Congress to grant him Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). This is seen as an essential pre-condition to the conclusion of TPP, but...
Opening dairy markets through TPP
Remove TPP has an ambitious agenda to open up markets. For the dairy sector in New Zealand and for Fonterra it offers prospects to break down long established and high barriers to trade. This matters as the dairy sector exports around 95% of the milk produced in New...
Dreaming of the Asia Pacific
Remove “APEC blue” they called it – not, for once, a sense of disappointment about opportunities not taken, but rather the deep blue sky that provided the perfect backdrop for the pronouncements of this year’s meeting of APEC Economic Leaders. Helped by the closure...
