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Trump is threatening more tariffs over access to critical minerals – will NZ be targeted?

  • Written by Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Trump is threatening more tariffs over access to critical minerals – will NZ be targeted?Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

On January 14, Donald Trump issued a proclamation threatening yet more tariffs if “trading partners” fail to sign agreements on critical minerals and their derivative products within 180 days of his announcement.

There is no list of target countries, but it would be surprising if Aotearoa New Zealand is not...

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