Earlier this week Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta gave a speech to the NZ China Council where she spoke about the importance to NZ of being respectful, predictable and consistent in its dealings with China.
She noted that although our customs, traditions and values are not always the same – and that there will be some things on which NZ and China do not, cannot and will not agree – those traditions and values need to be respected and maintained.
If ever there was a time to reinforce the significance of NZ's respect for our ongoing China relationship, it is now.
As the sector waits to hear their response to the end of NZ’s future livestock trade by sea, it can only hope that China acknowledges the ban does not seek to single it out, with NZ’s policy change applying to all countries.
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