Watch Jacobi on the TPP - Media Take
Jacobi talks to Māori Television’s Media Take about the TPP
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Trade and resilient agri-business
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...
Emerging trade agreements
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...
The case for trade
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,...
Is there still hope for TPP?
Stephen assesses the prospects for the Trans Pacific Partnership in 2015 here. The big question for trade policy watchers as we start a new year is whether the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations might be concluded. Last year I thought negotiations could be...
APEC in Beijing – let a thousand flowers bloom
Read Stephen's latest commentary on the outlook for the November APEC Summit here The 23 New Zealand business leaders attending the APEC event might well say “let a thousand flowers bloom” – with a foot in TPP and RCEP and a strong relationship with China and our...
A hitch hiker’s guide to trade agreements
Read Stephen's presentation to U3A in Wellington in which he outlines the background to New Zealand's trade with the rest of the world, the Government's approach to trade policy and the state of the TPP negotiations.
Negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership – implications for governance
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.
TPP grinds inexorably on
It ain’t over, till it’s over, writes Stephen in his latest commentary on TPP published by NBR On Line. Reports of the imminent demise of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) are greatly exaggerated. While some momentum has certainly been lost in recent months, TPP is...