Labour announces economic priorities, propose trade push to India, $100m for agritech

Labour announces economic priorities, propose trade push to India, $100m for agritech
PM Chris Hipkins addressed the media at Auckland University's engineering school. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Prime minister Chris Hipkins is defending a decision to visit China over India despite now proposing to visit India within 100 days of being elected.National party leader Christopher Luxon promised the push for a trade deal with India would be a priority for him, if elected, earlier in the year.On Wednesday morning the Labour party published its economic plan for the next electoral term which includes a pledge from Hipkins to visit India in his first 100 days as part of a push to secure a trade agreement, a proposal to grow the agritech sector...

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