What can we learn from the Aussies in US tech?

Trade Update August 2023 As often happens during the European and North American summer breaks the intensity of trade policy negotiations have eased up a bit. While there has been intensive lobbying on CPTPP with the Chinese Ambassador even going public in support of...

NZ-EU FTA The Prime Minister, as expected, travelled to Brussels en route to the NATO Summit in Vilnius and signed the FTA with the EU. The Agreement now needs to be ratified by both sides but no officials or Ministers we speak to expect this to be a problem. ...

Our predictions last month about Prime Ministerial travel to China and Brussels have proven correct.  The Prime Minister leads a sizeable trade delegation to China next week and will travel to Brussels at the time of the July NATO summit to progress the FTA with the...

New Zealand-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Well done Prime Minister Hipkins and the negotiating team.  While delayed, a little, the end of May entry into force of the NZ-UK FTA is an excellent outcome.  The challenge now is for our exporters and...