is a free, open community aimed at finding Trade Deficit at $5.8 billion - We're a major net importer
This is a nationwide issue
Affecting:
Accommodation, Arts, Automotive, Broadcasting and Media, Building and Construction, Business Services, Children, Community, Education, Electronics, Entertainment, Farming, Fashion, Financial and Banking, Food & Drink, Health and Beauty, Home and Garden, Industrial, Leisure, Manufacturing, Marine, Pets, Public Services / Government, Real Estate, Rental / Hiring, Security, Shopping, Sports, Travel and Tourism, Weddings, Science & Technology, IT / Communications, Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste,
Our trade deficit is way too high. We need to generate high value export sales. We've heard lots of ideas on how to do it: what's yours?
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What we're doing about it
0 Popular Solutions to this, 3 other possible solutions
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Government to work with kiwi entrepreneurs
5 people support this, addressing Recession and 3 other issues
New Zealand's entrepreneurs are building smart and lean global businesses, and this is exactly the mentality we need to run our own government. We need the government to work with kiwi entreprenrus on solutions to government and country issues see details
Increase University Student Support
3 people support this, addressing Trade Deficit at $5.8 billion - We're a major net importer
Adding more financial support to university students in productive degrees. Those degrees that add knowledge to the work force and allows us to sell our ideas and solutions. see details
Level the playing field to NZ firms for local and central government procurement
3 people support this, addressing Recession and 2 other issues
Government procurement often favours the large previously proven vendors, many of which are offshore businesses, and also government procurement contracts are sometimes managed by offshore businesses. So the government is going to work to level... see details
