Luxon goes back to the future on China:
Analysis: After a burst of bad headlines earlier in the year, the NZ-China relationship appears to be on the rebound
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Luxon highlights China’s economic importanceAt the China Business Summit, the prime minister highlighted economic opportunities; a survey found 70 percent considered bilateral ties strong.
Key FactsJul 19, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: newsroom.co.nz
- After visiting Shanghai and Beijing in June, Christopher Luxon called China an important economic partner at the summit.
- Luxon said increasing New Zealand’s share of China’s overall trade from 0.3 to 0.4 percent would grow business by 25 percent.
- Luxon reaffirmed trade diversification as resilience policy and said prosperity could not be separated from security.
- A business survey found 70 percent rated the relationship as strong, 14 percentage points below the previous year.
We can’t have prosperity if we don’t have security: these issues are now linked, you can’t have them in separate buckets, like we’ve previously done.— Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the China Business Summit, describing the linkage between security and prosperity
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