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US Business Summit 2022: Changing the dial

Changing the dial The United States is New Zealand’s third-largest individual trading partner and a major source of foreign direct investment, innovation and research, and tourism. There is significant opportunity to expand the relationship, but moving ahead in today’s uncertain world requires a focus on this key partnership and insight into the current environment. The macro global economic picture is …

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US Business Summit: Tourism sector will come alive with American visitors

Graham Skellern New Zealand can look forward to a burst of big-spending American tourists over the second half of this year (2022), says Air New Zealand chair Dame Therese Walsh. Walsh told the Inaugural United States Business Summit – ‘Changing the Dial’ that up to 31 million Americans were actively looking to visit New Zealand and three-quarters of them would …

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US Business Summit: New economic framework will re-engage the Indo-Pacific region

Graham Skellern New Zealand will likely take a place in the Biden Administration-initiated Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), particularly with an eye to developing opportunities in digital trade, said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She told the Inaugural United States Business Summit, organised by NZ INC. and Auckland Business Chamber, that “in the period ahead I expect we will be in a …

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