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China and NZ's relationship has been of mutual benefit since it signed FTA in 2008.
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Liam Dann: Trump farm policy is pure socialism
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Mark Lister: Trade talk not going away anytime soon
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There will be no winners in trade war - Chinese ambassador to NZ
COMMENT: China does not want to fight a trade war, nor will it initiate one.
Gwynne Dyer: Trump's trade war misses the point
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Acrimonious G7 raises fears of trade war
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Fran O'Sullivan: No early winner in trade war
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Fran O'Sullivan: Turnbull shows limits of Anzac slogans
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Barry Soper: Trade war will make America grate again
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Pramuk Perera: What is NZ's Sri Lanka plan?
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Jane Kelsey: Excess of spin on revised TPP cause for concern
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Fran O'Sullivan: Parker pushes fair deal for all
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Brian Fallow: NZ takes the right trade path
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NZ forecast to become world's 51st largest economy in 2018
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