New Zealand caught between condemning China and needing its trade

New Zealand caught between condemning China and needing its trade

Finance Minister Nicola Willis said New Zealand must criticise China's missile test in the South Pacific, but China is also our biggest customer for dairy, forestry and horticulture. "We have to walk a careful path," she said. Willis's honesty reveals what officials usually keep quiet: that doing business with China and staying secure pull in opposite directions.

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