Tomorrow, the U.S. elections will be underway, with the results potentially impacting New Zealand’s economy and its relationship with China, New Zealand’s largest export partner.
Tomorrow, the U.S. elections will be underway, with the results potentially impacting New Zealand’s economy and its relationship with China, New Zealand’s largest export partner.
Former President Donald Trump is set to face Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, with 34 Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats also up for election.
Dominic O’Sullivan, a professor of political science at Charles Sturt University in Australia, says potential impacts on trade—such as proposed 20 percent tariffs if Trump wins—could strain Māori businesses and employment.
“Nobody likes to live in a region that is politically unstable. And those things also all make it an important election for Māori people, as much as for anybody outside the United States. More so, of course, for people in it, but for us on the outside, it’s still a very significant election,” says O’Sullivan.
Electoral polling shows a neck-and-neck race just one day before election day.
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