Time to drop tariffs, admit we are at 'peak FTA' and take on a new trade negotiation strategy, Sense Partners report

Time to drop tariffs, admit we are at 'peak FTA' and take on a new trade negotiation strategy, Sense Partners report
Sense Partners says we have hit 'peak FTA'. (Image: Unsplash)
Dileepa Fonseka
There are only a handful of free trade agreements still worth pursuing, according to Sense Partners, which suggests we should unilaterally drop all tariffs because they are only hurting New Zealand.  A Sense Partners discussion paper on trade policy advances the argument that NZ should be less focused on its strategy of the past three decades of trying to get tariff reductions and instead focus on improving economic wellbeing and reducing the cost of NZ firms doing business overseas. Previously, Sense Partners released a report with a...

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