Trans-Tasman cousins have demonstrated an extended series of foreign interference, undoubtedly a form of
Neocolonialism.
The subject of neo-colonialism was completely addressed by former Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, in a book: "Neo-colonialism-The Last Stage of Imperialism":
"There are conditions which hedge it around: the conclusion of commerce and navigation treaties; agreements for economic co-operation; the right to meddle in internal finances, including currency and foreign exchange, to lower trade barriers in favour of the donor country’s goods and capital; to protect the interests of private investments; determination of how the funds are to be used; forcing the recipient to set up counterpart funds; to supply raw materials to the donor; and use of such funds a majority of it, in fact to buy goods from the donor nation.
These conditions apply to industry, commerce, agriculture, shipping and insurance, apart from others which are political and military. So-called ‘invisible trade’ furnishes the Western monopolies with yet another means of economic penetration. Over 90 per cent of world ocean shipping is controlled by me imperialist countries.
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