Via Bloomie:
Australia and New Zealand’s prosperity is built on trading with the rest of the world: nimbly negotiating ebbs and capitalizing on flows. Borders are closed but, with coronavirus outbreaks in the two nations’ coming under control, they’re turning to one another.
Winston Peters, New Zealand’s deputy prime minister, kicked off the idea of a “Trans Tasman Bubble” as a way to resume international travel. He said that he’d spoken with Australian officials on the issue, though they were cooler in their initial public responses.