Gordon Campbell: On Why The US Stands To Lose The Tariff Wars

President Donald Trump has plunged the world’s two largest economies into conflict in ways likely to damage both China and the US, and alter the wider patterns of international trade. Countries are being forced to deal with the fact that essential products will have to be sourced through different supply chains in future. New Zealand needs to be actively engaged in these development orders (a) to safeguard our interests, and (b) to take advantage of the options now opening up. “Waiting for the dust to settle,” as Peters advises, would merely ensure that New Zealand gets left in the dust.