International Trade on the books...

Peter Riely from the NZ High Commission spoke on the global trade situation and filled in the Scholars on the WTO operation and various Bilateral and Free Trade agreements.  It was a fascinating presentation from a NZ perspective because international trade is our lifeblood.

This presentation was prefaced with a summary of the Global economy and in particular the Eurozone by Amber Rabinov from ANZ.  Ther was quite some discussion about the challenges facing Greece and where to from here.  The general tome was that steady as she goes but the worst should be behind us now.  I guess time will be the judge of this.

The day finished off with a cocktail function at the top of NZ House and a short welcome by the High Commissioner and the patron of Nuffield UK, Prince Richard The Duke of Gloucester.  A ten minute discussion with him is my closest experience with royalty and it was very pleasant.