Trade Works
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Trade Works is the website for the NZ International Business Forum http://t.co/Vmoj33pvaW. We’re passionate about showing Kiwis how we benefit through trade.
Joined November 2012
#NZIBF Chair Phil Gregan announces @FRoxburgh as new ED – see our release below.
tradeworks.org.nz
Media Release - 25 June 2025 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Felicity Roxburgh as its new Executive Director. She will officially take...
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Deeply disappointed by new US tariffs on NZ exports. This move hurts our exporters + undermines the global trade system. NZIBF will engage closely with govt as we respond. #trade #nzexports #NZIBF.
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Media Release - 1 August 2025 The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) has expressed its deep disappointment at the United States’ decision to impose a new 15% unilateral tariff on New...
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Good news for 🇳🇿exporters! The dairy dispute with Canada under CPTPP is resolved — a win for trade rules and smaller countries. Big thanks to Hon @toddmcclaymp, his predecessor & MFAT. New market access = meaningful gains for our dairy sector.
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Good news for New Zealand exporters! The dairy dispute with Canada under CPTPP is resolved — a win for trade rules and smaller countries.
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Pesky non-tariff barriers impose major costs on New Zealand's most competitive export sectors, including in digital! See here our submission on the idea of open plurilateral on NTBs. Good luck @MFATNZ
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June 2025 Introduction This submission is made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) and Export New Zealand (ExportNZ). NZIBF is a multi-sector organisation representing...
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Our long-serving ED @StephenJacobi is to retire from the role on 30 June. We are sad to see him go!.
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Media release, 4 June 2025 Long-time trade advocate Stephen Jacobi will retire from the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) on 30 June 2025. “Stephen has made a major contribution to New...
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Our ED @StephenJacobi provided a global trade and economy update to the 56th Update for Accountants in Business. Read what he had to say here (health warning – the news is not all good !).
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CHRISTCHURCH AND AUCKLAND, MAY 2025 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GLOBAL MACRO-ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE My thanks as always to Brightstar for the invitation to be with you today. As some of you...
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RT @StephenJacobi: Thanks to @BrightstarNZ for the opportunity (once again!) to address today’s One Stop update for the Accountant in Busin….
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We welcome this progress, especially the dialogues with #EU and #ASEAN and urge #CPTPP members to pick up the pace with accessions to ensure the Agreement remains at the cutting edge of trade liberalisation at a difficult time.
CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Ministers and representatives met today for talks on further boosting trade between members. Australia is proud to be CPTPP Chair in 2025 and leading this work program. #DFAT #FTAs #CPTPP
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RT @StephenJacobi: Pleased to see this work underway - all strength to these hard-working officials! A comprehensive, high quality agreemen….
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RT @StephenJacobi: Interesting perspective below. Hard choices to be made when it comes to securing key interests. Would we do differently?….
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Our ED @StephenJacobi recently addressed the Local Government NZ Rural and Provincial Forum on the impact of US tariffs on local government. Read his remarks here: .
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2 MAY 2025 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IMPACT OF TRADE WARS ON NZ My thanks to Local Government NZ for the invitation to be with you today. As a resident of Napier I am all the more pleased to...
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RT @StephenJacobi: New Domestic Advisory Group on NZ/EU NZ/UK FTAs to advise on implementation would be a better headline! .
newsroom.co.nz
There are hopes a new scrutiny mechanism can lead to greater accountability for NZ's trade deals – but others say they must be involved before the horse has bolted.
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RT @StephenJacobi: Thoughts from me here on NZ/India and NZ/CPTPP @TradeWorksNZ.
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As Kiwi negotiators sit down for their first face-to-face trade deal talks in New Delhi, expectations are being managed – while the Prime Minister’s broader trade vision may have new momentum, even...
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RT @StephenJacobi: Pleased to chair this new Domestic Advisory Group on trade @TradeWorksNZ.
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A new Domestic Advisory Group has been established to provide advice on New Zealand’s free trade agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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RT @StephenJacobi: Great to talk yesterday with Jamie Mackay - The Country - on US tariffs @TradeWorksNZ https:/….
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RT @StephenJacobi: Good to see #ABAC keeping the flame of freer trade alive with NZ in the chair and @StephHoneyTrade holding the pen! @Tr….
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NZIBF welcomes the entry into force of the Upgraded ASEAN-Australia-NZ FTA and congratulates the governments and officials concerned. This is a strong signal of commitment to free and open trade at a critical moment.
beehive.govt.nz
An upgraded ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) takes effect today, strengthening New Zealand’s trade ties with Southeast Asia and Australia.
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NZIBF's submission on the India/NZ FTA strongly supports the initiative, announced by PMs Modi and Luxon in March. Looking forward to an agreement that is "balanced, ambitious, comprehensive and mutually beneficial"!
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April 2025 Introduction This submission is being made on behalf of the New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF), whose members are listed at Annex A[1]. NZIBF is a group of senior business...
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RT @StephenJacobi: PM’s approach to other world leaders on tariffs and makes sense to me as I outline below @TradeWorksNZ .
thepost.co.nz
The Foreign Minister says “our egos” don’t matter in Trump tariff response, in his strongest rebuke yet of Christopher Luxon’s efforts to fight for free trade.
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