Stephen Jacobi presented to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee in support of the NZ/UAE Closer Economic Partnership. He emphasised the need for the Government to follow through on undertakings around paperless trade.
Time for more bipartisanship on trade
Remove With the election over it’s time for more bipartisanship on trade. Successive New Zealand governments have chosen, with the support of the electorate, to embrace globalisation. With some discordant voices to left and right, public and bipartisan political...
Of mountains and molehills
Remove I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – especially in the current political climate in New Zealand – public debate about trade policy is important. This website was established to provide a means of explaining the importance of trade from a business...
Are the times changing ?
Remove It’s sometimes assumed that nothing much changes with trade but a powerful new animation from NZTE and MFAT illustrates the changes in New Zealand’s export profile in the period since 1983 when we signed CER with Australia. Check it out here. The rise...
