New Zealand: Background and Bilateral Relations with the United States

By Vaughn, Bruce

Book Id: WPLBN0000012741
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Title:	New Zealand: Background and Bilateral Relations with the United States
Author:	Vaughn, Bruce
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Summary: New Zealand and the United States continue to have strong ties despite some differences. These close ties are based on shared cultural traditions and values. Differences between the United States and New Zealand emerged in the mid 1980s over New Zealand’s policy to ban nuclear armed and nuclear powered ships from its ports. This led to a defacto split between the United States and New Zealand within the context of the Australia-New Zealand-United States (ANZUS) alliance. Despite this issue, New Zealand is a regular contributor to international peace operations and has contributed troops to the war against terror in Afghanistan and to assist reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

Table of Contents
Contents Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 External Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Contributions to Peace Operations and the War Against Terror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bilateral Relations with the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Free Trade Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Nuclear Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 List of Figures Figure 1. Map of New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 List of Tables Table 1. U.S. Major Imports from New Zealand, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Table 2. U.S. Major Exports to New Zealand, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11