OPINION For the long term, trade on this you. S. Has been a relatively loose-for-all.

Except for a few essential rules against performing anti-competitively or deceptively, groups have, largely been capable of throwing punches and following choke-holds as they seem healthy.

Some trade is now on the horizon. Before Christmas, Ministers Kris Faafoi and Stuart Nash collectively released a critical government discussion paper that modifies the regulation to address “unfair industrial practices.”

Those changes could substantially affect how industrial relationships are negotiated, implemented, and terminated.