[19990908]97-29_新西兰：政治经济发展以及与美国的关系.pdf

Sources for this section include Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, CRS Report 95-1794 S, July 1995; Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Reports: New Zealand 2 Quarter 1999;ndand consultations with New Zealand officials and U.S. experts on New Zealand.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web97-29 FUpdated September 8, 1999New Zealand: Political/Economic Developments and Relations with the United States(name redacted)Specialist in Trade Relationsand(name redacted)Research AssociateForeign Affairs, Defense and Trade DivisionSummarySince 1984, New Zealand has restructured its economy, long agrarian and highlydependent on guaranteed access to the British market, into a more industrialized andbalanced market economy. The reforms have been comprehensive; New Zealand nowis rated as one of the most open and unregulated economies in the world. The reforms,however, also have entailed painful adjustment costs as expected increases in productionhave taken about a decade to materialize. In the process, popular dissatisfaction withboth major political parties has emerged contributing to a more complex domesticpolitic