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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
Stephen addresses the Nelson branch of the NZ Institute of International Affairs here. I'm here to make the case for trade but in some respects there is no need to make such a case here in Nelson. This region lives by its exports of seafood, wood, horticulture, wine,...
Read Stephen's presentation to the Association of Chartered Secretaries of New Zealand. Stephen explains the background to TPP, outlines some of the issues involved and considers the implications for those holding governance roles in business.
Mention of TPP causes different reactions - fear and loathing in some quarters, unbridled optimism in others. Today we meet against the backdrop of the most recent gathering of TPP Trade Ministers in Singapore. In a pattern that has been repeated several times in...