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...
On 19 February Stephen spoke to the Hawke's Bay Branch of the NZ Institute of International Affairs about New Zealand's trade relationships with the European Union and Britain. Here is what he had to say: ADDRESS TO THE HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH OF THE NZ INSTITUTE OF...
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...
Radio NZ asked Stephen to comment on PM Jacinda Ardern's visit to London - read what he said here. Earlier Stephen commented on the PM's stops in Paris and Berlin - see here. Finally Radio NZ asked Stephen to comment on Foreign Minister Winston Peters' proposal for a...
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 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...
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...
Stephen recounts what happened on and off stage at this year's APEC meeting in Russia. Click on the link above to read this article on the New Zealand International Business Forum website.
Stephen Jacobi writes from the APEC meeting in Vladivostok Click on the link above to read the article on the National Business Review website.