NZ strikes comprehensive Free Trade Agreement deal with India, now comes the hard part

Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal (left), Christopher Luxon, Todd McClay and India’s High Commissioner to NZ Neeta Bhushan. (Image: Supplied)

Dileepa Fonseka

Sun, 21 Dec 2025

India and New Zealand have struck a comprehensive free trade agreement, and India’s cabinet has now, reportedly, also signed off on the deal.Trade Minister Todd McClay recently returned from India, with several sources telling BusinessDesk the final details of a comprehensive free trade deal were ironed out during the trip.Those sources also said the NZ-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was now considered a done deal.On Saturday morning, NZ time, Indian business news media outlet Business Standard reported India’s cabinet approv...

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