Quotation for Today, Wednesday 4 March
March 4, 2009
If one thing scares New Zealand’s farmers, it isn’t the price of commodities but what’s happening in the halls of power around the world, as countries react to the global financial crisis.
Today the world stands at a precipice. The clock is at five minutes to midnight. Protectionism is emerging from its economic crypt and seeping into legislation from Cairo to Washington.
With protectionism New Zealand’s voice carries genuine diplomatic weight. We’ve been there and come out the other side better, stronger and fitter.
The time has come to use our “poster” status to ensure a protectionist repeat of 1930 never takes place. The stakes are high, very high.
Don Nicolson of Federated Farmers writing in Tuesday’s NZ Herald on protectionism
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