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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is heading to India, taking with him one of the largest delegations a New Zealand PM has ever travelled with.
And, the fanfare makes sense, given we currently export $718 million worth of goods to India annually, but we don’t have a formal free trade agreement.
With the world’s largest population and on track to become the world’s third largest economy by 2030 – starting negotiations on that deal has been a priority for Luxon, above the other deals he’s focused on so far this term.
Luxon even promised in the 2023 election campaign to finalise a deal within his first term of Government – but how likely is that, and what would a deal actually mean for New Zealand?
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls is with us to explain what all these agreements, memorandums, and FTAs actually mean.
Then Bharat Chawla, chair India New Zealand Business Council, joins us to delve into New Zealand’s relationship with India.
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