Our Views

16 April 2008

NZ US Council welcomes "seismic" change in capacity to promote NZ US links

The Government is boosting its capacity to increase the momentum for a free trade agreement with the United States, a move welcomed by the NZ US Council today. | Read more

18 February 2008

And then there were five

Stephen Jacobi comments on the significance of the United States joining the P4 negotiations on financial services and investment. | Read more

05 February 2008

NZ US Council delighted with US P4 announcement

The NZ US Council today welcomed the announcement that the United States was prepared to join negotiations on financial services and investment with the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership or "P4" group which includes New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei. | Read more

29 November 2007

Chairman's report to the AGM

Report from the Chairman, Rt Hon James Bolger, to the Annual General Meeting of the NZ US Council | Read more

09 November 2007

Address by Stephen Jacobi to the 4th annual Armistice Symposium.

NZ US business relations : beyond friends. Speech by Stephen Jacobi to the 4th annual Armistice Symposium, Auckland War Memorial Museum. | Read more

21 September 2007

NZ/US relations - beyond wishful thinking

In his concluding remarks to the second US NZ Partnership Forum in Auckland two weeks ago US NZ Council President John Mullen quoted the old Bing Crosby song: "You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister-In-Between". | Read more

19 September 2007

Stephen Jacobi talks to Peter Fowler on Television Hawkes Bay Online

Stephen Jacobi is interviewed on Television Hawkes Bay Online | Read more

12 September 2007

Partnership Forum adds to momentum for stronger NZ US relationship

The second United States New Zealand Partnership Forum concluded last night with delegates acknowledging that it had meaningfully strengthened relationships between the two countries and agreeing that a further Forum would be held in Washington DC in early 2009. | Read more

10 September 2007

NZ US Council welcomes new arrangement for working holidays in USA

The NZ US Council today welcomed the new arrangement, signed at today's US NZ Partnership Forum, which extends the time tertiary students may work and travel in the United States. | Read more

07 September 2007

Opportunities in the US even without an FTA

Entrepreneurial business is finding new ways to get round tariff and subsidy barriers by investing in offshore markets, sourcing locally made components and becoming local rather than external suppliers. | Read more

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