In this article I argue for calm when trade issues arise. Some years ago I wrote “when elephants fight, it gets tough on the grass”. That was when the United States under President George W Bush was blocking steel imports from New Zealand and other countries. It...
As Executive Director of the NZ China Council Stephen was honoured to call on Chinese Ambassador Wang Lutong. See a readout of their meeting here.
Stephen has taken over the reins - at least until January 2017 - of the NZ China Council, an organisation funded by government and business to promote a strong and resilient relationship with China. Read more about the appointment here. Stephen will continue his...
In this article Stephen is joined by copyright expert Ken Moon of A J Park to discuss the impact of TPP's provisions on copyright in New Zealand. "The TPP intellectual property provisions, while a complex set of legal commitments, will not result in much change to the...
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...
While in Qingdao , China, for the APEC Senior Officials' meeting Stephen spoke to a workshop focused on sharing information between free trade agreements in operation in the Asia Pacific region. He outlined what business wants to see from FTAs and what the APEC...
China is established as our main market and the TPP's nearly a done deal, but there's plenty more work to do. Read Stephen's article on the New Zealand Herald website.
Watch the video: Stephen talks on the TV9 Asia Focus show about NZ/US, NZ/China, trade, investment, TPP and regional security issues.