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Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he has ‘no concern’ for two Royal New Zealand Navy ships heading to the South China Sea.
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Read more: 'No concern' around NZ Navy ships in South China Sea - Henare
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/no-concern-around-nz-navy-ships-in-south-china-sea-henare
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New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister isn't reading anything into the timing of China's request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has confirmed to Newshub that China formally requested to join the free trade agreement - which involves New Zealand and 10 other Asia-Pacific nations - on Thursday.
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China has filed an application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the country's commerce ministry said on Thursday, as the world's second-biggest economy looks to bolster its clout in trade.
Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted China's application to join the free trade agreement in a letter to New Zealand's trade minister, Damien O'Connor, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.
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A former New Zealand Defence Minister believes the chances of a major war between Western powers and China in the coming decade is fairly low, but says there is a risk of "incidents".
The United States, United Kingdom and Australia on Thursday announced a new defence and security pact which will see the trio share information about technologies and coordinate their efforts to confront emerging challenges in the Indo-Pacific.
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The distance between New Zealand and its traditional allies has grown wider, as Australia signs a major new defence pact with the US and UK that will deliver a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to the Pacific.
The trilateral defence partnership, dubbed AUKUS, would grant Australia access to the US’ nuclear submarine secrets and bolster co-operation in foreign policy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies, with the explicit intention of countering China’s rising power in the Indo-Pacific region.
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I’m not sure we should be worried that we’ve been left out of this new Australia-UK-US defence pact.
I see that we’re already doing the thing we always do, which is to turn this into a story about ourselves and about how we’ve been "left out" and "sidelined."
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The pact is being called AUKUS, verbally resembling Roman underworld god and punisher of broken oaths Orcus, and sees Australia (A), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) sharing technology, supply chains and industrial bases.
Perhaps most notably, among the technology being shared is capacity for Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines with the stated aim of promoting stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Read more: New Zealand a winner in AUKUS agreement, but risks remain - experts
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/451641/new-zealand-a-winner-in-aukus-agreement-but-risks-remain-experts
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is welcoming the "increased engagement of the UK and the US" in the Pacific region as the countries announce a new security pact with Australia.
The AUKUS group was described on Thursday morning by US President Joe Biden as a "historic step to deepen and formalise cooperation among all three of our nations" as they seek to ensure "peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific".
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