Wednesday, 10 December 2025 14:25

Trump's tariffs

Written by Milking It

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President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports into the US is doing good things for global trade, according to Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay.

Speaking last week at the US/NZ Business Summit in Auckland, he says Trump’s approach has prompter other countries to start negotiating trade deals with each other.

“Countries are coming together to try to create certainty for their businesses and try new deals and we’re starting to see that this is a direct result of President Trump’s trade policy.”

“There are more trade deals being negotiated in the world at the moment than I can think of at any time before. Jump forward five or ten years, the world is likely to almost be a more certain place because we’re having more trade agreements.”

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