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Liam Dann: RBNZ needs to cut interest rates further and faster
OPINION: The only certainty around the economic direction right now is uncertainty.

Editorial: Luxon heads to UK as trade tensions rise amid global uncertainty
OPINION: Luxon’s words in London could be some of the most important he utters this year.

Can NZ become a food innovation powerhouse?
Opinion: "I think there’s some exciting opportunities happening in New Zealand now."

Luxon promotes NZ as ‘champion for free trade’ as he heads to UK amid global uncertainty
The PM will also visit Gallipoli for Anzac events.

Spark follows Air NZ in deal with Indian outsourcer
Telco looking to make up lost ground in its drive to slash labour costs.

Audrey Young: Both Luxon and Peters to blame for messy trade tiff
OPINION: Despite the PM's denials, the rift is real.

China says economy grew 5.4% in first quarter, beating forecasts
China's economy grew 5.4% in Q1, surpassing the 5.1% forecast.

China’s Xi Jinping meets Malaysian leaders in diplomatic charm offensive
Xi met Malaysia’s king at the National Palace in a colourful ceremony.

Trump says ball in China’s court on tariffs
Trump has slapped new tariffs on friend and foe since returning to the presidency.

Richard Prebble: Prime Minister is missing the mark on trade leadership
OPINION: Luxon wants to take the fight global but he needs to focus on the home front.

Opinion: America’s most valuable company is about to be crippled by Trump
The President’s poorly planned and executed policies are hurting US businesses.

Trump’s tariffs: Three possible scenarios facing NZ
A worse-case scenario could see NZ plunged into recession and a return to money printing.

Overseas visitor arrivals down in February but US tourists break record
Change in Chinese New Year cited as February still can't pip pre-pandemic tourist numbers.

Govt pumps $13.5m into Tourism NZ to attract more visitors
More than 23,000 additional international visitors are predicted as a result.

'We’re being asphyxiated': US firms already struggling as China trade war heats up
New York Times: 'Converting our entire supply chain in two months is not feasible.'

Trump downplays tariffs walk-back, says no country 'off the hook'
The US President insists no country will escape tariffs, despite a 90-day reprieve.

Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom
Aggressive tariffs threaten to undermine Silicon Valley’s work on the crucial technology.

China halts critical exports as trade war intensifies
New York Times: Tap turned off on rare minerals and magnets used in EVs, chips, aerospace.

Opinion: Risk of another GFC rises as trade war takes world to the brink
Dangerous stand-off: This is the economic equivalent of the Cuban missile crisis.

US tariffs rise as China retaliates with 125% tax on goods
Xi said China is 'not afraid' and urged the EU to resist the US practices.

Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, chips in China tariff backdown
Good news for iPhone maker Apple and others who make tech products in China for the US.