Enabling paperless trade: A long, hard slog
December 20, 2024
Paperless trade is a big deal. The benefits are akin to a high quality trade agreement. Removing paper documents from the supply chain will improve the efficiency of our trade relationships with all nations that can participate. Paperless has the advantage of working on all aspects of … Read more
Infinity and beyond - a call to action in difficult trade policy times
December 5, 2024
New Zealand has a long history of innovation in trade policy. Whether it be ensuring access to the United Kingdom market, the creation of CER, or the development of the CPTPP, New Zealand trade policy has been pivotal. New Zealand needs to keep this up since the protectionist jungle i … Read more
Supercharging CER?
October 30, 2024
CER turned 40 last year and should be celebrated. It has set the standard as the world's best practice for a free trade agreement – it has been an outrageous success. Read more
The good, the bad, and the ugly: A decisive election for trade, or is the writing already on the wall? NZIER Insight 116
October 24, 2024
The United States elections are upon us, and uncertainty prevails. The only thing certain, it seems, is the continuation of tariffs and more tariffs. None of this is good for the United States economy or the world economy since they act as a drag on all economies. Still, United States … Read more
Celebrate resilience: supply chains have passed the test - NZIER Insight 104
November 17, 2022
Under extreme pressure, our supply chains have been winners. But what do we need to do to ensure future resilience? Read more
Digital trade is the way forward for New Zealand
December 13, 2021
The introduction of digital trade initiatives as developed by providers such as TradeWindow will have major benefits for New Zealand supply chains. “The NZIER show that the benefits are between $9 and $18 billion over 10 years for those involved in New Zealand export supply chains if … Read more
Southern Link: The potential to develop a global value chain
November 24, 2021
The Southern link is a trade route that links Asia and South America via New Zealand – it turns what is seemingly a distance challenge for New Zealand into a competitive opportunity. Read more
The trade implications of Mr Biden for New Zealand - NZIER Insight 97
November 9, 2021
Or what does the Chinese Century mean for New Zealand? The United States has structured world trade over the past 70 years in a way that has been positive for New Zealand. Now that the United States has relinquished its lead trading position, how will Mr Biden behave on trade policy? … Read more
New Zealand's place in the world - NZIER working paper 2021-01
June 10, 2021
New Zealand's place in the world - including flows in trade, people, capital, and ideas - continues to change. This working paper highlights how some of the long-standing memes, which have dominated the local discourse no longer apply in a post-COVID world. In particular New Zealand's … Read more
Is dairy our biggest achievement or yesterday's news? NZIER Insight 91
September 1, 2020
The dairy industry has proved resilient through the COVID crisis. But what of the future? This paper looks at the dairy industry prospects over the next ten years. We find that the most important challenges are domestic supply side issues (conforming to climate change and water qualit … Read more