Australia and New Zealand as Asia-Pacific International Actors

... by the leadership of the NZ [ 3 ] to balance between China and the United States, which began to appear after the outbreak of certain conflicts with Beijing (conflict with «Huawei» over the construction of 5G towers and drop in tourist flow from China). With regard to economic relations with other Asia-Pacific countries, New Zealand prefers to be guided by the principle of bilaterality, regularly updating previous economic arrangements in the format of 1-on-1 meetings. It is difficult to call these relations strategic; rather, they are special cases of beneficial interactions ...