By Lillian Hanly of RNZ
Winston Peters has chastised the prime minister for his spree of phone calls with world leaders about the US trade war, and advised politicians to “tone down”.
The foreign minister said Christopher Luxon had not consulted with him ahead of the calls, adding “I hope that he’ll get my message and he’ll call me next time”.
Luxon made a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday morning and proposed the European Commission work more closely with countries signed up to the Trans-Pacific trade pact – known as the CPTPP – to champion the rules-based trade order and provide some stability and certainty.
It came after the United States retaliated…