China trade fears unmatched by good alternatives: report

China trade fears unmatched by good alternatives: report
Pattrick Smellie
Fears that New Zealand is overly reliant on trading with China ignore that there are few more attractive markets for many of the country's major exports, says a report by economic consultancy Sense Partners for the New Zealand China Council."Asserting that NZ is 'too' economically reliant on China implies it is possible to define somehow the 'correct' size of the trading relationship," said the report for the council, a body with representatives from some of NZ's largest exporters, whic...

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