National’s trade target ruse another promise on the never
never
The Prime Minister 2030 trade target is a ruse to
avoid acknowledging National's failure to meet its election
promise to lift exports from 30 per cent to 40 per cent of
GDP by 2025, says Labour’s Trade spokesperson David
Parker
"It is another meaningless promise on the never
never.
“The sad reality is that our exports are down to
just 26 per cent of GDP. This failure by National won’t be
cured by 2030 promises about FTAs .
“His talk of 90
per cent of our exports being covered by free trade
agreements by 2030 is just that - talk. It does virtually
nothing to rebalance the economy away from speculation to
productive exports.
“His grand ‘Trade Agenda 2030’
document has not a single reference to any goal of lifting
exports as a percentage of GDP. That ambition has
disappeared," says David
Parker.
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