The Panel with David Cormack and Michelle Boag (Part 2)
Topics - We've had the mother of all budgets, the black budget...What would you call this one? Tension has ramped up against China under The Trump administration, which has seen tariffs placed on Chinese goods - up to 25 percent on 200 billion dollars worth of goods. Part of the backdrop is the blacklisting by the US of Chinese phone giant Huawei. China says this is 'naked economic terrorism'. We ask Stephen Jacobi from the New Zealand China Council how we might be affected in the trade war. The Government's allocating just over $47 millionfor eathy eating and exercise programmes in schools. But experts worry it's not enough to halt obesity because it's not tackling the heart of the problem. The panelists discuss whether they agree or whether the issue needs a more aggressive push to fix.