Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 11:01 am
John Braddock
New Zealand’s Labour-Green
coalition government is under increasing pressure, from
sections of the NZ ruling elite and from the country’s
allies, over its apparent reluctance to fully endorse the
escalating build-up to war against China.
As the Biden
administration ramps up Washington’s diplomatic and
military offensive, every country is being forced into line.
The furore over the Jacinda Ardern-led government’s less
than full-throated support for the confrontation with
Beijing highlights the extraordinary tensions now
developing.
Matters came to a new head last month
after several governments, led by the US and Britain,
Norman Gemmell , Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Economists like to talk about “optimal policy instruments” — essentially, policies that achieve their objectives more effectively or efficiently than the alternatives, and .