The end of free digital trade and other 2024 trade dilemmas

The end of free digital trade and other 2024 trade dilemmas
Todd McClay will be vice-chair at the upcoming WTO ministerial conference. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
In a sign of the times, some of New Zealand’s first actions on trade are likely to be more about stopping the world from backsliding into slapping on more tariffs than liberalising it. NZ’s trade minister, Todd McClay, is set to be vice-chair of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) 13th ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi from Feb 26-29. One item at the top of the agenda is likely to be the expiration of a moratorium on digital services tariffs traded across borders, which affects digital service exporting...

More Economy

M&A outlook: get set for big ticket IPOs
Finance

M&A outlook: get set for big ticket IPOs

Experts are picking a surge in mergers and acquisitions activity for 2025.

Property values fell in December, outlook ‘subdued’
Economy

Property values fell in December, outlook ‘subdued’

The housing market had a ‘soggy’ performance in 2024, an analyst says.

Staff reporters 03 Jan 2025
Joint Aus-NZ shares index proposed
Finance

Joint Aus-NZ shares index proposed

The Government is ‘unaware of a strong business case’. 

Murray Jones 03 Jan 2025
Greenleaf Fresh in voluntary administration
Primary Sector

Greenleaf Fresh in voluntary administration

Administrators were appointed to the vertical farmer on Dec 31.

Staff reporters 31 Dec 2024