[Introduction] What is international trade? Amongst the rhetoric in the media coverage of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is often forgotten that it is businesses not governments that, to a large extent, engage and drive world trade. It is businesses who identify opportunities in other...

Pressures for the reform of agricultural policies in wealthy countries will increase. Current policies are expensive and inefficient and impose substantial costs on countries that cannot afford to subsidize their agricultural sectors. A major political impediment to policy reform is the real or...

This paper examines the business development process undertaken by Ngai Tahu Seafood. An investigation of the business development process involves an examination of the opportunities and constraints that Ngai Tahu Seafood has faced in building up, capitalising on, and expanding their seafood...

This paper sets out to describe the dynamic nature of the trans-Tasman trade and economic relationship and to develop an approach to quantify the costs and benefits of moving from CER to a wider concept of a 'borderless market'. To examine the dynamic nature of the relationship we have looked at...

In a small open economy heavily dependent on trade, such as New Zealand, small changes in New Zealand’s international trading environment have major impacts on economic well-being. The simple fact is that small countries are far more vulnerable to economic change than large countries. To...

The Ministry of Economic Development has asked the NZIER to examine the impact of: [1] increased integration of the world economy i.e. the economic trends and how they impact on economic/business activity; and [2] China as a world economic power and how it is affecting globalisation trends. Are...

Understanding the relationship between economic growth and its supply side influences is fundamental to understanding the sustainability of future New Zealand real per capita growth rates. This note is primarily directed at developing a wider appreciation of the issues involved in the supply...

This paper examines the development of the deer industry as a case study of innovation in a deregulated agricultural environment. The story of deer in New Zealand is remarkable, from an animal released to be hunted for sport, then a pest marked for eradication, to its role as a domesticated farm...

This paper sets out to examine the factors that need to be considered before New Zealand enters into negotiations over further integration in the trans-Tasman market. While it is timely to look forward to the shape of possible future integration, it is also important to understand the lessons of...

[1. Introduction] This chapter examines New Zealand’s participation in export trade: [2] section 2 explores why international trade is important and sets out some key concepts and issues [3] section 3 examines trends in world trade, to help understand the context in which New Zealand trade is...