Comments on: Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy https://thedailyblog.co.nz/political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-asia-trip-rekindles-new-zealands-independent-foreign-policy/ Read the Other Side of the Story Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: seer https://thedailyblog.co.nz/political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-asia-trip-rekindles-new-zealands-independent-foreign-policy/#comment-230692 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:06:21 +0000 https://thedailyblog.co.nz/?p=160336#comment-230692 Thanks for that excellent outline of the many political events in play at the moment.

]]> By: Wheel https://thedailyblog.co.nz/political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-asia-trip-rekindles-new-zealands-independent-foreign-policy/#comment-230691 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:57:49 +0000 https://thedailyblog.co.nz/?p=160336#comment-230691 Vietnam has pretty good relations with a lot of countries. The relationship with China is surely cordial on the outside but it’s fair to say that the Vietnamese will be wary at the same time. Complicated would not be an overstatement.

Vietnam might not be seen as US centric, but that relationship has developed with strong support from the likes of John McCain who championed the bilateral trade agreement from the US side. Vietnam exports over 90 billion in goods to the US (compared to our 5 bln!) which is not that far behind their exports to China, and for foreign manufacturers has often been an alternative to production in China alone.

The Vietnamese certainly don’t have all their eggs in a Bejing paddock. We could certainly learn from that.

]]> By: Richard+Christie https://thedailyblog.co.nz/political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-asia-trip-rekindles-new-zealands-independent-foreign-policy/#comment-230690 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:46:33 +0000 https://thedailyblog.co.nz/?p=160336#comment-230690 He wrote ‘independent’ and ‘NZ foreign policy’ in the same sentence, lol.

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