"And in either case we will not be falling on the China side."
Why on earth would you want to? You know they're a dictatorship with no respect for human rights?
Why on earth would you want to? You know they're a dictatorship with no respect for human rights?
China overtook the United States at the end of 2008
to become New Zealand's second largest trading partner,
with bilateral trade amounting to $9.4 billion in the
year ended December 2009.
China makes up 9.1% of New Zealand exports.
But even more so because Australia is a two product, two customer economy. One of those customers is China. The other is not the US. I'll let you look it up.
The US isn't perfect, but actually has elections, an independent judiciary, doesn't lock up dissidents, doesn't make women forcibly abort their babies, etc etc.
I'll give you the infanticide point.
I mean does it really come down to which country is less rotten? We can be friends with both. I just don't think we'll be given the chance to.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/trade/trade-at-a-glance-...
China makes up only 22.6% of our trade exports. And at the end of the day the US is still a stable democracy with a free press, free speech and core values very closely aligned to Australia.
I cite the following "complete nonsense":
http://www.lighthouseinvestmentmanagement.com/2012/01/05/the...
You might also find this eight part series "complete nonsense":
http://theconversation.edu.au/why-australias-trade-relations...