The Foreign Minister says he's waiting for the dust to settle on potential US tariffs.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Winston Peters today in the American capital - talking global security and co-operation.

The Trump administration has threatened to impose agricultural tariffs, with possible impacts for one of our largest industries.

Peters says our two countries have been close partners for decades.

"It's not a matter of taking sides or doing anything untoward, or anything that the New Zealand people would not want us to do."

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