Supply Chain Research

The New Zealand Prime Minister, Bill English, sees disruption of trade as the biggest threat to the country, and cites the election of President Trump of the U.S. as a sign of “tensions building in world politics”. New Zealand ran a $500 million trade surplus with the U.S. in the past 12 months, Panjiva data shows, and is part of the TPP trade deal that the U.S. pulled out of. Yet, U.S. exports grew 20% in the last quarter and the NZ dollar has strengthened. A 23% decline in NZ meat and milk exports in the past year, and a desire to build up non-agricultural trade, likely means the count...