Nicola Willis

Featuring Joe Doe, an expert on economic statecraft, who delves into the intersection of national security and corporate governance. Jay Patel shares financial strategies for sustainable transit at the MTA while Nicola Willis discusses New Zealand's trade and investment initiatives. Amrita Ahuja offers insights into consumer spending at Block, and Josh Aviv unveils innovations in mobile EV charging. The conversation spans retail dynamics, emerging technologies, and the evolving landscape of international relations, making for a thought-provoking analysis.

Nicola Willis discusses Treasury's briefing, smoking tax revenue, and the upcoming mini-budget. Topics include fiscal challenges of the new government, capital funding, eligibility of racing industry projects, increasing funding for IRD tax audits, rewriting the Firearms Act, lobbying and patient groups, funding farm-ac suticles, and achieving a 1.5-degree target for global warming at COP28.

In this discussion, Tom Giles, Senior Executive Editor for Global Technology at Bloomberg News, provides insights into the Trump administration's potential investment in Intel to bolster domestic manufacturing. Nicola Willis, New Zealand's Minister of Finance, shares her perspective on the global trade war and the importance of maintaining economic ties. They explore the implications of government stakes in tech, the impact on semiconductor competition, and the dynamics of international economic relations, highlighting a complex landscape of industrial policy and trade.