AANZFTA Business Seminar

Seminar for businesses focused on services trade with Southeast Asia held on 3 June 2011. 

Business leaders from Southeast Asia and New Zealand spoke at the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Business Seminar on "Partners in Growth: Services Trade with Southeast Asia" on 3 June 2011. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) in partnership with, the Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce, the ASEAN-New Zealand Combined Business Council and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), hosted the seminar. 

Southeast Asia is one of the world's most economically dynamic regions.  ASEAN represents a market of more than 600 million people with a combined GDP of US$2.7 trillion.  It is New Zealand's third largest export market. 

The event promoted services trade in this region by enhancing understanding of business opportunities and developing stronger business-to-business and business-to-government links. 

Participants heard about trade opportunities in the region generally and in specific services areas such as education, aviation, engineering, IT, telecommunications and financial services.  Leading experts in these fields from Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand gave presentations followed by Q&A and panel discussion. 

The programme can be viewed here

Presentations by speakers can be downloaded here