Stephen Jacobi
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Trade, govt rels & eco dev. Anglican (still) thinks global & local, views from this a/c my own, retweets no endorsement.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined September 2013
Delighted to be joining @HelenClarkFound as one of three new Honorary Senior Fellows: Grateful to @HelenClarkNZ, the Foundation Board and staff team for this opportunity!.
helenclark.foundation
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Helen Clark Foundation’s Honorary Fellows programme. The programme brings together highly respected policy thinkers across a range of disciplines to...
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Great to have Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visit Queenstown for talks with PM Luxon and to see @The_ANZLF involved!
rnz.co.nz
Anthony Albanese will be in the country for the annual leader's meeting this weekend.
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Bonkers.
We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted. BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward
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More on the impact of unjustified tariffs in the US: NZ wine industry dealt $112m Trump tariff blow
nzherald.co.nz
NZ Winegrowers Advocacy says the tariff will go from 10c to around $1.10 per bottle.
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US President Trump slaps 15% tariff on NZ goods - incl thoughts from me.
nzherald.co.nz
The White House has revised the tariff on New Zealand goods to 15% from 10%.
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Unjustified at 10 and worse now!.
Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates – The White House NZ 15%
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Heading in the right direction but could go much further ….
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia and Spain . ⬇️.
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RT @HelenClarkFound: 📢 Don’t miss this week’s webinar!. 🎙️ Launching our Honorary Fellows Programme with Professor Jonathan Boston ONZM, Lu….
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“The Commission has not said it will introduce any incentives to ensure the private sector meets that $600 billion target, nor given a precise timeframe for the investment.”.
After pledging to invest $600 billion in the US economy, the EU admitted it doesn’t have the power to follow through. That’s because the money is planned to come exclusively from private sector investment — which Brussels has no authority over.
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I find it challenging to describe how pathetic I find this: Changes confirmed for New Zealand passport, placing English before te reo Māori Toitū te Tiriti. Toitū Aotearoa!
nzherald.co.nz
The current passport, with te reo Māori text first, came into effect in 2021.
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Well said New Zealand and partners.
New Zealand joins partners in reiterating our call to end the war in Gaza. Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of 🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧 ⬇️.
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Great outcome @toddmcclaymp @VangelisVNZ - free(r) trade should mean exactly that especially in these difficult times!.
A long running trade dispute between New Zealand and Canada over dairy access has been resolved. @Dairy_News .
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Actually climate change is destroying us - along with a collective failure to address it !.
OPINION: Climate change is shaping up to be one of the major issues at next year's general election.
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Our first gig! Sign up below folks !.
Meet our Honorary Senior Fellows in the programme’s inaugural webinar, which will see Helen Clark moderate a conversation between Jonathan, Lucy and Stephen on some of New Zealand’s key long-term challenges and how we should respond in the coming years.
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A love letter no-one wants to receive ….
Trump says he will set tariffs for 150 small countries in one swoop
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Clearly - if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Protectionism and subsidies never work but governments are always keen to go down this route when others show them the way.
We’re strengthening Canada’s steel industry: curbing foreign imports with tightened TRQs and 25% tariffs on steel melted and poured in China, investing $1B in producers/workers, and mandating procurement to source domestic so that nation building projects are made with 🇨🇦 steel.
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Thank God - what a dopey idea to consider leaving the Paris agreement !.
Federated Farmers is joining major industry-good bodies in not advocating for the Government to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
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Further informed analysis of the New Caledonia political agreement - thanks Nic. Will be interesting to see reactions to this in close neighbour NZ (surprising the lack of attention to this here).
With #NewCaledonia’s new political agreement, the devil’s in the detail. My @IBIupdate story looks at the Bougival Accord, signed on 12 July, and the long (and likely contested) process to implement its provisions.
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Une chance pour la Nouvelle-Calédonie ? Espérons-le! Prions-le!.
Après plus de dix jours de discussions, les élus de Nouvelle-Calédonie et les représentants de l’État ont conclu un accord historique. Un État de Nouvelle-Calédonie dans la République : c’est le pari de la confiance. Merci au ministre.
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