by TradeWorksNZ | Jul 12, 2022 | Featured Articles, Media Releases, NZIBF
A new report, commissioned by the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) and prepared by Adrian Macey, former Climate Change Ambassador and World Trade Organization (WTO) Lead Negotiator, shows that trade policy and actions to address climate change can be...
by TradeWorksNZ | Jul 17, 2020 | Trade Working Blog
The World Trade Organisation’s system of global trade rules has helped to lift millions from poverty and underpinned seventy years of global prosperity. As WTO members consider candidates for a new Director General this week, however, the WTO faces a crisis of...
by TradeWorksNZ | Apr 3, 2020 | Trade Working Blog
The World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement mechanism has long been described as the “jewel in the crown” of the global trading system, offering WTO members certainty about defending their trade rights. Since last December, however, the ability to take...
by TradeWorksNZ | Jan 17, 2020 | Trade Working Blog
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 as the...
by TradeWorks NZ | Apr 29, 2019 | Trade Working Blog
Senior Asia-Pacific business leaders have issued a strong call to support and reform the World Trade Organisation, recognising the critical role that the global rules-based trading system plays in sustaining prosperity for all countries,...