President Donald Trump has expressed an interest in the US revisiting the CPTPP. AP Photo / Susan Walsh
The trade conflict between the US and China continues to build but does it pose a threat to New Zealand agriculture or is it just more bluster from Donald Trump?
Rabobank's Melbourne-based Research GM Tim Hunt believes New Zealand should be concerned about the trade war, saying to The Country's
Jamie Mackay, "there is a chance this will continue to escalate."
"Despite some conciliatory comments along the way, really all the threats made are still in place and we're seeing a drift towards escalation not détente at the moment."
Recently President Trump decided to revisit US involvement in the CPTPP, a move that Hunt says may be influenced by American farmers
"He [Trump] announced this potential to revisit the TPP (sic) while visiting with lawmakers from farm states in the Midwest."
