1 week ago Smartphones, computers among Trump's China tariff exclusions

President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump's administration granted exclusions from steep tariffs on smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China.

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1 week ago Peters takes veiled swipe at PM's 'hysterical' tariff response

Winston Peters at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2025. Photo: Supplied Winston Peters has taken another veiled swing at the prime minister's phone call to world leaders over US tariffs.

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3 w. ago US tariff: 'We don't really quite understand why it should be 20%'

By Susan Edmunds of RNZ US President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs is not good news for New Zealand, but there is still a lot of detail to work through, commentators say.

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3 w. ago 'It will have an impact on exports': Trump adds 10% tariff to NZ goods

US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Photo: Reuters New Zealand exporters face hundreds of millions of dollars of tariffs on goods sent to the US as President Trump carried through with his trade charges.

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