CHINA: AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL WON’T HURT NEW ZEALAND
CHINA: AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL WON’T HURT NEW ZEALAND
Published by Gbaf News
Posted on November 21, 2014

Published by Gbaf News
Posted on November 21, 2014

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country’s trade deal with Australia won’t hurt neighboring New Zealand because demand from the world’s No. 2 economy remains strong.
Xi spoke Wednesday as he swung through New Zealand at the end of a month of courting international leaders. He went so far as to write an open letter to New Zealanders, describing their country as a “shining pearl” on the Pacific Ocean.
China and Australia signed a preliminary free-trade deal earlier this week. Xi said people have been asking him if that will have a negative impact on New Zealand, which signed a free trade agreement with China in 2008.
Xi said there’s so much demand among China’s 1.3 billion people that New Zealand should be more concerned about not having enough supply.