While markets cheer a de-escalation of trade tension a deal may create new problems for NZ

COMMENT: A floating currency is the secret of real national sovereignty.

Did a desire to bounce Cohen out of the headlines spark end of North Korea summit?

Comment: A redid trade deficit does not matter as much as it once did.

Economists were expecting a January deficit of $300m.

The national carrier has slashed prices on a swathe of domestic routes.

Trump is obsessed with America's massive trade deficit with China, US$336 billion in 2017.

National carrier reportedly undergoing a massive shakeup of its domestic pricing.

Winston Churchill, were he still alive, would be a rampant Brexit Remainer.

Earnings driven mostly by A2 Milk's success in China's infant formula market.

Fonterra has already signalled that it supports the end of "open entry".

Chinese student numbers in NZ schools are down 20 to 30 per cent this year.

Don't blame China - NZ has been acting so recklessly it's almost invited this reaction.

COMMENT: Ambassador Wu Xi has taken a leaf straight from the Winston Peters playbook.

National's Mark Mitchell off to Hong Kong as Govt beset by scheduling issues

COMMENT: Is the NZX and FMA review of our capital markets too late?

EDITORIAL: Peters' job to see that all our foreign relationships are well maintained.

China and NZ's relationship has been of mutual benefit since it signed FTA in 2008.

The Key Government's management of the global financial crisis has been lauded.

COMMENT: Peters described the relationship as excellent. Deluded or pretending?

Opposition claims relations between the two nations are under threat.

EDITORIAL: NZ needs to reassure China we are not taking the US side against it.

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis should be on the first plane up to China.

Exclusive: Diplomatic links plummet to a new low as Ardern is given the cold shoulder.

The invitation for Jacinda Ardern to visit Beijing early this year's been put on ice.

Rabobank says tade uncertainty is taking the edge off strong NZ commodities prices.

COMMENT: There's no ignoring what's happening with the weather all over the world.

There could be problems for New Zealand exporters says a new report.

Fuel imports drove the deficit to the highest level since 2007.

Markle's committed something of a faux pas with avocados.