Kōrero: Overseas trade policy

Closer Economic Relations

Closer Economic Relations

Closer Economic Relations (CER) − a free-trade agreement between New Zealand and Australia – came into effect in 1983. Cartoonist Peter Bromhead portrayed the two economies as a couple of homeless men sharing a park bench, with CER as the few sheets of newspaper to keep them warm. At the time both the Australian and New Zealand economies were performing poorly.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-322-101
Cartoon by Peter Bromhead

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, 'Overseas trade policy - Difficult times – the 1970s and early 1980s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/21989/closer-economic-relations (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010