Tariffs

14 Feb 19, 9:49am

Allan Barber surveys the practical Brexit risk for our meat trade and finds it is too soon to panic; we must keep talking to trading partners, hold our breath and wait
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Finally, a China strategy that might work

9 Feb 19, 9:46am

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson of Mauldin Economics details an off-ramp from the trade war, hoping President Trump takes it for the benefit of the US economy
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Science says protectionism won’t work

31 Jan 19, 9:31am

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson of Mauldin Economics says the US has legitimate trade grievances with China and others but questions the way it's dealing with them
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Pace of change keeps getting quicker

30 Jan 19, 9:20am

Allan Barber

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Allan Barber says the answer to the faster pace of market change signals is to keep things simple, while keeping an open mind. Consumers may be 'king' but they are fickle and what they do is often different to what they say
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That was 2018 – now for 2019

15 Jan 19, 5:39pm

Allan Barber

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Allan Barber says if 2018 was full of unexpected developments and uncertainties, 2019 is likely to be even more challenging
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Who benefits from Trump's trade war?

2 Jan 19, 7:31am

Guest

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Koichi Hamada says that by ignoring trade history, and the fundamentals of game theory, the US President is driving 'trade diversion', all to the detriment of the United States
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Reflections on the year that was

19 Dec 18, 8:26am

Allan Barber

Allan Barber looks back of a year where New Zealand agriculture had to face a range of unexpected developments and a number of growing uncertainties, almost all of which will be festering in 2019
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How Trump's trade war is killing American jobs

5 Dec 18, 12:20pm

Patrick Watson

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Mauldin Economics' Patrick Watson argues globalization is slowly reversing meaning politicians should try to minimize the pain instead of adding to it
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This week's guest Top 10

23 Nov 18, 10:00am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang with the latest happenings across the Asia-Pacific, including the new NAFTA, the CPTPP, getting back the basics, ASEAN on the rise, India's widening trade deficit, China wants more imports and more
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Technology, tariffs, and peak globalisation

14 Nov 18, 11:06am

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson suggests future historians will say the 2008–2009 crisis marked 'peak globalization' and we're now heading down the other side of the mountain
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CPTPP tariff cuts to come into effect in 60 days' time

31 Oct 18, 11:55am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Threshold met for first round of CPTPP tariff cuts to come into effect on December 30; Kiwifruit, beef and wine producers to benefit the most
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Who can tolerate trade pain longer, Americans or Chinese?

4 Oct 18, 4:00pm

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson says businesses that depend on imports or exports can't plan ahead against the backdrop of a trade war which is why Trump's trade war won't work
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This week's guest Top 10

21 Sep 18, 10:00am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang looks at gains and losses from the China-US trade war, US wine hanging by a thread in China, India steps up to the plate, the end of 'made in China' & more
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The Trump Administration’s dead end on trade

11 Aug 18, 9:34am

Guest

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James McCormack thinks the US dispute with China will have to get worse before it can get any better
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Trade outlook still bright, but not without challenges

2 Aug 18, 12:31pm

Allan Barber

While there may be bumps in the road at present, MFAT's key negotiator sees bright prospects for our primary products and the story they can tell. Non-tariff barriers are the greater threat, he says
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If Trump ruled Venice

2 Aug 18, 11:38am

Guest

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Asad Jamal presents an alternative history that captures the long-term effects of American mercantilism
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Tension over 'costs for consumers'

17 Jul 18, 9:13am

Guy Trafford

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Guy Trafford sees MFAT's goals for a NZ-EU FTA coming with some tough consequences for local artisan producers and little chance of the EU giving up its subsidy advantages
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Tariffs and trade intervention

14 Jul 18, 10:02am

Guest

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Michael Pettis explains how tariffs work and their impacts. He shows what matters are the conditions under which such policies are made. The US cannot engage in beggar-thy-neighbour policies because it cannot run a trade surplus
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NZ still no closer to trade tax exemption with US

11 Jul 18, 2:35pm

Jason Walls

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It has been three months since the Prime Minister wrote to US President Donald Trump asking for an exemption to new tariffs – so why has there been so little development?
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