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'Next billion customers': National promises to expand trade relations if re-elected

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 5 Jul 2026, 3:46pm
Trade Minister Todd McClay - "this is the least important thing I have to deal with”. Photo / Marty Melville
Trade Minister Todd McClay - "this is the least important thing I have to deal with”. Photo / Marty Melville

The National Party has just announced it's trade policy, should the party be re-elected in November. 

They've said that the aim is to secure markets with seven new economies across Europe, Africa and South America, with more to be chased further down the line. 

Trade Minister Todd McClay told Tim Beveridge that it's important to expand trade, as the target countries in Europe especially are 'particularly wealthy nations'.

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