Some Kiwi politicians have expressed concern that a diplomatic faux pas by the New Zealand (NZ) trade minister suits the political ends of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which seeks to pressure Australia by upgrading its trade deal with NZ.
NZ National Party MP Simon O'Connor, who is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, told Stuff.co.nz on Friday that Trade Minister Damien O’Connor had shown a “blindness“ to the situation when he said that Australia should follow NZ’s example and ”show respect” to China.
