Press Release – NZ International Business Forum
New research commissioned by the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) identifies options for New Zealand’s next tranche of trade negotiations.
“Trade is the country’s lifeblood and trade has boosted the economy during the pandemic” says NZIBF Executive Director, Stephen Jacobi.
“New Zealand has done incredibly well over the last thirty years or so to open new markets around the world. There’s more work to do to finish existing negotiations, upgrade existing agreements and to make progress with key partners where FTAs have proved elusive like the United States and India. But the great wave of trade liberalisation that was ushered in after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round is coming to an end. That’s why we need to look to the future”.