The tariffs John Key is worried about and what former PM thinks about China now

The tariffs John Key is worried about and what former PM thinks about China now
John Key was a speaker at the Icehouse Ignite '25 business event in Auckland. (Image: Supplied)
Dileepa Fonseka
Former Prime Minister John Key still thinks Donald Trump will be better for the United States economy than Kamala Harris would have been, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t worried. Key told BusinessDesk in a wide-ranging interview that one thing he was worried about for New Zealand was the possibility of tariffs on the film sector. “Superficially, at least on what I've heard so far, I am concerned about it for the New Zealand film industry because I think it'll be much harder for them to compete.”He also b...

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