In two articles published in Idealog magazine Stephen outlines what’s at stake for New Zealand in TPP.
NZ and Japan – an added value relationship: the implications of TPP
21 October 2015
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.
Jacobi on Paul Henry – More Kiwis need to learn Chinese
30 September 2015
TPP – where to from here (and how did we get here anyway?)
11 September 2015
Read Stephen’s speech to the Wellington branch of the NZ Institute for International Affairs (NZIIA) here
As we look at where we have got to with TPP, we see a deal which is at last coming together in its final form.
To un-pack all this today and to help explain ‘where to from here’ I’d like to focus on three areas – why we set out on this journey, where we are now, and where things might take us in coming months.
Jacobi on 3 News. The TPPA ‘will benefit’ NZ exporters
3 August 2015
Ending the TPP ‘endgame’
3 August 2015
Read Stephen’s commentary in the New Zealand Herald on the TPP negotiations and why they are good for New Zealand business – here.
Endgame is a play by the absurd dramatist Samuel Beckett. It’s also how the anticipated last hurrah for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Maui last week was described. And there was quite a lot of the absurd as pressure mounted on negotiators and the wildest speculation about developments circulated in the media back here.
Getting our dux in a row
20 July 2015
Stephen was interviewed by the Herald on Sunday about his school career and advice for students today. Read the article here
Relieved parents send their kids back to school tomorrow for a new term full of hopes and dreams for the future. Joanna Mathers tracks down five former duxes to find out the secret of their success and to see how life turned out.
Trade and resilient agri-business
20 July 2015
Stephen spoke to the Federated Farmers’ annual conference in Wellington on 2 July. Read his speech here.
Resilience is about equipping farmers to survive and prosper in the face of external shocks and stresses – be they climate-related, or pests and diseases, or to do with currency or some other economic factor.
Trade agreements that level the playing field have enhanced New Zealand farmers’ international competitiveness, and greatly expanded our options in terms of diversified markets.
More open trade has given New Zealand farmers strength and flexibility to withstand the shocks of drought, or events like PSA, or a high dollar, or going head to head with massively subsidised competitors.
It is trade that links food supply from New Zealand with rising demand in global markets and the changing needs of global consumers.
Emerging trade agreements
13 June 2015
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 of where I, as business observer, think some of the more current FTA negotiations are up to.
I’d also like to venture some thoughts about what all this might mean for the primary industries.
