November 2020 Trade Update All eyes were on the US election. Were we going to have four more years of America First and a challenge to the international rules-based system that is so fundamental to New Zealand interests, or were we going to get a more...
A lot is happening on the world stage, from FTA negotiations with the EU and the UK, Brexit, a USA Presidential election, and a New Zealand election.View the video of the Export Outlook 2021 session below to hear from expert speakers on what you can expect from 2021...
Trade update - October EU – NZ FTAThe previous EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan stated publicly that he was waiting to revise the EU market access offer to New Zealand until he knew who he would be dealing with at the New Zealand end after our General...
September Trade update Thanks to the forthcoming election there has not been great progress in key negotiations. But the importance of the export economy has been highlighted by recently released trade statistics which show continuing growth in exports even...
U.S. Market Environment - challenges and opportunities, August 2020 Over the last five months, COVID-19 has transformed the economic and business environment in the United States.The unemployment rate for July stood at 10.2% compared with 3.5% in February. Real GDP...
August Trade Update August Trade UpdateNZ EU FTAIt is clear that a political agreement is necessary on the EU side on the level of access that the EU is prepared to offer. As a consequence, the EU side is not really wanting to engage with New Zealand until...
July Trade Update The negotiators have been busy but progress has been slow.CPTPPThere has been considerable attention given to two possible expansions of CPTPP – the possibilities of the UK and China joining. The UK has clearly signalled interest in...