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ADDRESS TO THE NZ APPLES AND PEARS CONFERENCE – 30 JULY 2024
GEO-POLITICAL, TRADE AND CONSUMER UPDATE STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM Introduction Thanks to the team at NZ Apples and Pears for the invitation to be with you today. I’m here to talk about the bigger picture against which your...
NEW TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND LEADERSHIP FORUM
Media release, 2 April 2024 The New Zealand Co-Chair of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF), Greg Lowe, welcomes the appointment of Stephen Jacobi and Simon Le Quesne to the New Zealand arm of the ANZLF Secretariat. The ANZLF brings business leaders,...
Resilient supply chains – yesterday, today and tomorrow – published by Hinrich Foundation, Singapore, January 2024
By Stephen Jacobi History has much to teach us about the way trade contributes to prosperity through the movement of goods, services, people, and ideas. Today, data can be added to this web of inter-regional transactions. Yet, amidst a proliferation of trade...
Todd McClay – your trade mission, should you decide to accept it – published by Newsroom, December 2023
By Stephen Jacobi “Twas the week before Christmas, When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Except busy trade officials … ‘Tis the season to be “BiM-ing”* and the NZ International Business Forum has sent its Christmas wish list to newly installed Trade...
Eyes opened during India visit – published by Newsroom, September 2023
By Stephen Jacobi[1] Stephen Jacobi reports on the recent business delegation to India Every country has its contrasts and a subcontinent of 1.4 billion with thousands of years of history has more than most. Today’s India can reach the moon, build super-highways...
Crunch time for CPTPP – published by NZ Herald, August 2023
By Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum. Following the Ministers’ meeting in Auckland, what is the outlook for CPTPP as the world’s most ambitious free trade agreement? When Ministers representing the members of the Comprehensive and...
ADDRESS TO THE 52nd ONE STOP UPDATE FOR THE ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS
Stephen Jacobi gives a global economic update at the 52nd One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business.
Remarks to ASEAN Business Council Webinar, 26 April 2023
Stephen Jacobi addresses the ASEAN Business Council Webinar about US/China tensions and the implications for ASEAN.
Remarks to Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit, New Delhi, 15 March 2023
Stephen Jacobi’s address to the Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit, New Delhi, about “The Future of Multilateralism”.