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New Zealand Pleads Case With US for No New Tariffs Under Trump
- Finance Minister Nicola Willis speaks in Bloomberg interview
- ‘Our starting position is please don’t do that,’ Willis says
Diners at a restaurant in Queenstown, New Zealand.
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New Zealand believes it should be exempt from any sweeping US tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump might impose when he takes office and has instructed officials to make its case, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said.
“Our starting position is please don’t do that,” Willis said in an interview Thursday in Wellington. “The job that we’ve tasked our diplomats with is to put New Zealand’s absolute best foot forward.”