This is the text of an address Stephen gave to the Asia Forum in Wellington on 7 February 2017. It’s good to be with you this evening and to have this early opportunity, as a new year unfolds, to speak about the outlook for trade and investment in the Asia Pacific...
“Friends with benefits – CER, SEM and TPP”
Stephen was pleased to address a business breakfast organised by the Australian Consulate-General, Austrade and the University of Sydney. The subject was the economic relationship with Australia - here's Stephen's speech: It’s a pleasure to be with you this morning...
TPP Unwrapped
Stephen is giving a number of addresses about the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the implications for New Zealand. See here for an address he gave in Nelson to the NZ Institute for International Affairs on 5 April. Other addresses are available on the Tradeworks...
TPP and Latin America
In a speech to the Latin American Business Council Stephen outlines how TPP will impact on the relationship between New Zealand and Latin America especially Chile, Mexico and Peru. Read the speech here.
Understanding the Trans Pacific Partnership
In two articles published in Idealog magazine Stephen outlines what's at stake for New Zealand in TPP. Read these articles here and here.
NZ and Japan – an added value relationship: the implications of TPP
In a speech to the Japan NZ Business Council in Tomakomai,Japan, Stephen outlines the implications of TPP for the Japan/NZ relationship. Read the speech here.
Emerging trade agreements
Stephen spoke to the Primary Industry Summit in Wellington on 25 May. Read his speech here. I'd like to start today by asking the question - why do we seek negotiate trade agreements in the first place, especially when they seem so hard to I'll then give you a sense...
APEC in Beijing – let a thousand flowers bloom
Read Stephen's latest commentary on the outlook for the November APEC Summit here The 23 New Zealand business leaders attending the APEC event might well say “let a thousand flowers bloom” – with a foot in TPP and RCEP and a strong relationship with China and our...
A hitch hiker’s guide to trade agreements
Read Stephen's presentation to U3A in Wellington in which he outlines the background to New Zealand's trade with the rest of the world, the Government's approach to trade policy and the state of the TPP negotiations.