Welcome
Welcome to the ASEAN New Zealand Combined Business Council (ANZCBC). The ten member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Viet Nam. If you have any interest in export, import, trade, investment or other business with these SE Asian nations please read on.
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15 May 2012
Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast has been in New Zealand this week pressing Canada's case to join the Trans Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, and the sooner the better.
But while the addition of that G7 economy would undoubtedly add heft to the TPP grouping - as would the other two applicants, Japan and Mexico - Canada's bid faces two obstacles.
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15 May 2012
A horse named Joe is a lead actor in the story of how one of this country's most successful family firms got its start.
"Joe would rub his backside on the family Essex," says Sir William Gallagher, chairman and chief executive of Gallagher Group, the Hamilton-based business that his father Bill started more than 70 years ago.
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15 May 2012
If the Government had courage it would appoint a taskforce to take a lengthy look at New Zealand's foreign investment regime.
A taskforce could investigate the current state of play and come up with recommendations on whether New Zealand needs to specify exactly what its national interest criteria should be - which industries are strategic, how it should treat investment by sovereign wealth funds.
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15 May 2012
One of the more comfortable (and often quickest) ways to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore is by luxury bus. The plush seats are reminiscent of business class when flying with the added bonus of WIFI. The bus I covert the most, however, is the massage bus. Visualise the coin-operated massage chairs you see in airports ready to sooth weary travellers and put 40 of them on a bus with passengers enjoying their mechanically operated movements for the duration of the journey. The bus encapsulates something not well known about Asian countries - health and wellbeing are priorities that many consumers are prepared to spend over the odds for.
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ANZCBC draws its membership from four main constituencies:
- New Zealand organisations in New Zealand
- ASEAN organisations in New Zealand
- New Zealand organisations in ASEAN nations
- ASEAN organisations in ASEAN nations
Membership is also open to any organisation or person with a general interest in business issues and trade between New Zealand and SE Asia.
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ANZCBC hosts regular events for its members. Watch this space for advanced notice of future events in your area.
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