Our friends at TradeWindow invited Stephen to sit down with Peter Foyston to discuss the latest developments in trade - from super power rivalry, to nasty things being with P, to the future of digital. Watch what transpired here.
If there is one thing we have learnt from this dreadful pandemic, it is that our ability to connect and trade with the rest of the world really matters.
Read Stephen's end of year round up for the Trade Works website: “Out with the old, and in with the new”. The old saying seems to have particular relevance for 2020, a veritable annus horribilis for the global economy. 2021 can’t come fast enough,...
In this article published by The Spinoff, Stephen assesses the impact of a Biden Presidency on New Zealand's trade interests. The American people have spoken. America’s “better angels” have prevailed. We all hope for better times ahead, but,...
In October 2020 Stephen spoke to accountants' conferences in Christchurch and Wellington: here are his remarks: GLOBAL ECONOMIC UPDATE: TRENDS, SHIFTS AND IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND’S BUSINESS LANDSCAPE It’s good to be with you again at this 47h One Stop Update...
Economies need to fight the Covid-19 virus by standing together. Desperate times call for desperate measures, but not stupid ones. The world faces an unprecedented challenge to human health and to economic vitality. Many economies including New...
Stephen stepped down from the role of Executive Director of the NZ China Council at the end of 2019. Here is his departing comment on the relationship, published in the NZ Herald on 20 December 2019. No one can predict exactly what’s ahead for New Zealand’s...
The sky is definitely not blue for the global trading system. Are these the worst of times? Perhaps. Can they get better – who knows? In his annual report to the AGM of the NZ International Business Forum, Chair Malcolm Bailey writes: “Around the world New...
It’s nearly impossible to talk about New Zealand trade issues without mentioning the name of Stephen Jacobi. A Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, Stephen is a mainstay in the New Zealand international trade space. After working at the Department of Trade...