In Trump’s precarious world, NZ will need all the middle-sized friends it can get
When a local political commentator recently suggested (partly tongue in cheek) that New Zealand might respond to US President Donald Trump s new world order by becoming the seventh state of Australia, it was dismissed by the prime minister and most political leaders. But the fact their views were even sought shows how far the debate has moved since Trump began dismantling the old rules based international order New Zealand has long considered the basis of its foreign policy

When a local political commentator recently suggested (partly tongue in cheek) that New Zealand might respond to US President Donald Trump s new world order by becoming the seventh state of Australia, it was dismissed by the prime minister and most political leaders. But the fact their views were even sought shows how far the debate has moved since Trump began dismantling the old rules based international order New Zealand has long considered the basis of its foreign policy
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