Christoper Luxon to hit the phone to defend global trading system

Christoper Luxon to hit the phone to defend global trading system
PM Christoper Luxon. (Image: NZME)
Staff reporters
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will jump on a phone call with other world leaders on Thursday in a bid to save what is left of the rules-based trading system after it was tested to breaking point in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.He also announced that he would travel to the United Kingdom later in the month to meet with UK PM Keir Starmer to discuss “trade, security, and the geopolitical backdrop in Europe and the Indo-Pacific”.Speaking to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday morning, Lu...

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