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Thursday, 24 June 2021 08:55

All locked up and without a plan to unlock

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have agreed in principle to a free trade deal.

OPINION: Australia and the UK have just concluded a free trade deal.

Published in Opinion

Friday, 26 February 2021 06:55

Time for UK to 'walk the talk'

National's trade spokesman Todd Muller wants the UK to do more than just talk about free trade.

OPINION: One of life’s commercial shibboleths is that one should be wary of going into business with close friends because emotion is always involved.

Published in Opinion

Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:37

Questionable future — Editorial

While the situation is not bright, this is not the time to give up.

OPINION: The word uncertainty has taken on a new meaning for farmers in the past six months.

Published in Opinion

Tuesday, 17 September 2019 11:55

Brexit in my face

The patch of grass in a stream in the village of Pettigo defines the border between south and north of Ireland.

Peter Burke has spent the last three weeks observing Brexit first-hand in England and Ireland.

Published in Opinion

Monday, 19 August 2019 10:20

Don’t mention the ‘B’ word!

New UK PM Boris Johnson – along with Brexit – were two of the key talking points of the recent NZ farmers’ tour to Britain.

OPINION: You'd be forgiven if your eyes were starting to glaze over reading yet another Brexit headline, but we seem to be getting to the sharp end of things now.

Published in Opinion