China, the Cook Islands – and New Zealand’s struggle for influence in the Pacific
By signing a deal with Beijing, the Cook Islands is asserting its independence – in a stark challenge to New Zealand’s ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...
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China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire ...
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JACKSON HEWETT: Steel deals can’t escape tariffs foiling global rebound
The first challenge will be the impact on the US consumer, who bears the brunt of these tariffs. In Trump’s first term, ...