7 Nov 2024

Tariffs are coming, so what does that mean for our exporters?

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 7 November 2024

Donald Trump will return to the White House in January next year.

New Zealand producers, exporters and trade negotiators will be anxiously waiting to see if the president-elect carries through with his pledge to hit all imports into the US with a 10 to 20 percent tariff.

Joining Emile Donovan to discuss what these tariffs could mean for New Zealand producers and exporters is John Ballingall, an economist from Wellington firm Sense Partners.

LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 23: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump tells people to go back inside and vote as he visits the polling site at Londonderry High School on primary day, on January 23, 2024 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis having dropped out of the race two days earlier, Trump and fellow candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are battling it out in this first-in-the-nation primary. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP