New Zealand has strong trading ties under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal. Photo: AP PHOTO

New Zealand's regional and bilateral trading relationships will continue to strengthen against the backdrop of the worsening US-China trade war, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says, as small countries such as hers adjust to a new reality and hold fast to priorities including fighting climate change.

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NZ was keenly aware of rising geopolitical and economic risks, Willis said in an interview on Thursday, but her discussions at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund a

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