Our Views
Speeches and Articles
31 May 2010
2010 Agricultural and Horticultural Outlook Conference address
Presentation by Fiona Cooper Clarke on behalf of the NZUS Council to the 2010 Agricultural and Horticultural Outlook Conference in Wellington. | Read more
15 March 2010
TPP train leaves the station
This week in Melbourne negotiators from the eight parties to the prospective Trans Pacific Partnership will sit down and start the complex task of concluding a new generation free trade agreement. The stakes are high not only because TPP carries New Zealand’s hopes for an FTA with the United States but even more importantly because TPP is being built as a pathfinder for an agreement which could span the entire Asia Pacific region. | Read more
13 January 2010
Welcome Madam Secretary
Stephen Jacobi believes that Hillary Clinton's visit helps advance New Zealand's fundamental foreign policy interests. | Read more
25 November 2009
Chairman’s report to the 2009 AGM
Report by the Chairman, Rt Hon James Bolger to the 2009 AGM of the NZUS Council | Read more
05 October 2009
Key week for Kiwi trade delegation.
President Barack Obama's decision to impose safeguard tariffs on imports of Chinese tyres has caused quite a fuss. | Read more
04 October 2009
NZ leaders take ideas to the US
This week some 55 senior government and business leaders will travel to Washington DC for the third US NZ Partnership Forum organised by the NZ US Council and its American counterpart. The event will break past records as the most significant gathering of American and New Zealand government and business leaders ever to have taken place. | Read more
28 May 2009
NZ/US relations under President Obama.
Address by Stephen Jacobi to the Rotary Club of Taradale, 28 May 2009 | Read more
07 April 2009
Washington lays out the welcome mat
When Murray McCully visits Washington DC he will be welcomed by a number of friends in high places, writes Stephen Jacobi. (Article appeared in the Dominion Post on 7 April 2009) | Read more
20 March 2009
If ever there was a right time for a free trade deal, it’s now
The time for free trade with the United States through the Trans Pacific Partnership is now. | Read more
17 March 2009
Our better history - What President Obama means for New Zealand
Address by Stephen Jacobi to the Probus Club of Napier, 17 March 2009 | Read more
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