The markets now have to renegotiate trade relations with Great Britain. Every change in markets creates new opportunity and Brexit is that new opportunity.
June 28, 2016
KIP leader Nigel Farage (click here) today apologised for Britain turning its back on New Zealand when it joined the Common Market.
In an exclusive interview with Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking, Mr Farage said he was sorry for the way Britain treated New Zealand producers who had enjoyed a good trading relationship before the British Government aligned with European trade blocs.
Now Brexit gave an opportunity to strengthen traditional trade ties Downunder, he said.
Mr Farage, who pressured the UK Government to hold a referendum on EU membership and was a leading figure in the Leave campaign, said: "What is even more exciting for me is what we can do with you guys. And I apologise to everybody in New Zealand for what my parents' generation did - we turned our backs on you.
He said it was time to negotiate good trade deals and return to how the two nations previously operated. "We had good preferential trading terms as some of the closest friends and countries in the world. We joined the Common Market as it was then called and dealt you a very bad hand.
"Well now we can talk to you guys about having a sensible, better trading relationship and Britain once again has the chance to be a global trading nation, not just a European one."...
