Stephen Jacobi on the importance of NZ’s trade relationship with China, the risks to it, and opportunities to diversify to other countries
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,...
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...
As published in the NZ Herald on 3 April 2019. Next month, hard on the heels of the Prime Minister, Trade Minister David Parker sets off for China for the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. He’ll join leaders from a large number of other countries keen to...
On 26 February 2019 The Spinoff published Stephen's article outlining recent developments in the relationship with China. Read what he had to say here.
Just as well the magi didn’t face tariffs at the border ! Here's Stephen's end of year round up! 2018 will not go down in history as a good year for trade. While international businesses struggled on, they did so against a backdrop of rising protectionism and...