Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand

My research question for this topic is: How are Australia and New Zealand’s trade relationship today?

First of all I can begin with some facts about Australia and New Zealand.
Australia, or the land down under, as is also is called, is the six largest country by areal in the world. The biggest city is Sydney, but the capital is Canberra. English is the official language of Australia. The reason English is spread all the way is because of the English colonization around 1901.

New Zealand on the other hand, consists of two main islands and several smaller islands. New Zealand is also the world's most geographically isolated countries. Its nearest neighbor Australia is 2000 km away! The capital of New Zealand is Wellington.

So, to try answering my research question which I wrote in the beginning, I can first mention that Australia and New Zealand share many foreign and trade policy objectives, although there are some differences of outlook and operation. So New Zealand’s relationship with Australia is very important, it is actually the most important one for the economic, social and the security reasons. “Australia is New Zealand’s largest single market and its strongest trading relationship.  The bilateral relationship is underpinned by free movement of people between the two countries, by regular contact  at the political level, by close defense ties and b y a range of interlocking agreements."(www.nzembrassy.com)  

So to sum up,Australia is New Zealand's largest single market and its strongest trading relationship.

Sources:

 -Wikipedia, 09.05.13. Australia. www.wikipedia.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
- New Zealand and Australia. http://www.nzembassy.com   http://www.nzembassy.com/australia/relationship-between-new-zealand-and-australia/new-zealand-and-australia 
 -Wikipedia, 04.04.13. New Zealand. www.wikipedia.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealand