Collaboration: the answer to China’s dominance in critical technologies

Collaboration: the answer to China’s dominance in critical technologies
Public needs to know where NZ stands on AUKUS. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
In the run-up to the election in October, our political parties should take a firm position on whether New Zealand joins the AUKUS security pact alongside Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.Clearly, no NZ politician and few voters want anything to do with the nuclear-powered submarines deal at the centre of AUKUS Pillar 1 and which could cost Australia a staggering A$368 billion (NZ$404b) between now and the mid-2050s.But the AUKUS Advanced Capabilities Pillar (Pillar 2) has a focus on critical technologies that are seen as cru...

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