And the world’s two biggest economies, US & China, cannot be bothered. Says a lot about the countries who kowtow to the EU & sign the lopsided agreements.
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What an incredibly sour peevish embittered response some on here have expressed on this historic FTA with the EU which will remove tariffs on over 90% of our current exports to the EU on day 1, rising to 97% removal. Plus a substancial increase in beef & dairy which they were dreaming if they thought they would get all they wanted.
Not even Australia has an FTA with the EU at the moment though still working on one.
Apart from the EU - FTA, Adern's govt has also achieved & signed the CPTPP (Comprehensive & Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership ) one of the biggest free trade agreements in the world which replaced the TPP which was lost during National's time in govt.
Plus the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement ) between NZ, Australia, Chile, Japan,Singapore, Viet Nam, Thailand, Brunei, Darusalam creating one of the biggest free trade areas on the globe.
plus a FTA with the UK.
Now does anyone seriously think a National govt led by an inexperienced unknown (internationally) 1st term MP with a 2nd term MP deputy, neither of whom have even been a minister would be capable of achieving anything like this for NZ!
They would probably bring in someone line Tim Groser to negotiate on their behalf .
So Jacinda can do all this why can’t she build anywhere near target on Kiwibuild . Why can’t we see that light rail down Dominion Road ? Why are there more than 30,000 people on the social housing waitlist ? ( when National was in 7000 was a” crisis” according to the then opposition ..
Tim Groser was a good negotiator - Damian O'Connor has done well also (and don't forget the Trade and Industry team behind them who carry on despite which flavour of Govt is in power (also note that this negotiation started in 2018 - it takes a Govt to kick things off)).
I'm not sure what the rest is trying to say - Kiwibuild was a flop from the start (always was going to be and I've said that before) but this deal was done.
As for the waiting list - this isn't the same as the number without accommodation.
It seems many more now would rather be in a state house rather than private accommodation than was the case prior to the end of 2017.
Fortunately, this Govt is building more state houses than removing them (National liked to remove them). The latest reported reduction is a case of having to break a few eggs to make an omelet.
Meanwhile Inflation, Fuel Prices (soon also to be Re-excised back upwards) and Interest rate increases run rampart ahead of of the $350 to compensate for increases incurred 2-3 months ago alone
Bracket creep continues to steal more hard earned from struggling Kiwi's while Robbo sleeps on..
When will Robbo pull his head out of his fiscal backside to wake up to what is going on & everyone is being hit with ? ;)
NTX with respect once again you're so out of touch, all of the things you mention are global problems, governments around the world are grappling with these problems at the moment.
Fuel is imported, inflation is imported, interest rates are rising around the world.
We're part of a global economy now, its not the 1950's.
We have a highly deregulated economy, do you want a state controlled economy like communism?