{ "id": "97-29", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "97-29", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 103447, "date": "1999-09-08", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:42:39.420941", "title": "New Zealand: Political/Economic Developments and Relations with the United States", "summary": "Since 1984, New Zealand has restructured its economy, long agrarian and highly dependent on\nguaranteed access to the British market, into a more industrialized and balanced market economy. \nThe reforms have been comprehensive; New Zealand now is rated as one of the most open and\nunregulated economies in the world. The reforms, however, also have entailed painful adjustment\ncosts as expected increases in production have taken about a decade to materialize. In the process,\npopular dissatisfaction with both major political parties has emerged contributing to a more complex\ndomestic political situation. U.S. relations with New Zealand are quite strong, despite differences\nover nuclear weapons and lamb imports, and ties will be reconfirmed during President Clinton's visit\nwhen New Zealand hosts the APEC economic summit in September 1999. This report will be updated\nperiodically.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/97-29", "sha1": "d82f20bba65a987124be5e8ba652a74e7010834b", "filename": "files/19990908_97-29_d82f20bba65a987124be5e8ba652a74e7010834b.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/19990908_97-29_d82f20bba65a987124be5e8ba652a74e7010834b.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "Foreign Affairs" ] }