New Zealand tries to close the gap with India

New Zealand tries to close the gap with India
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Dileepa Fonseka
Foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta has completed one of the longest trips to India by a high-ranking politician in recent times, but it comes at a time when the relationship between New Zealand and India has fallen well behind Australia’s.India is now Australia’s seventh-largest trading partner and fifth-largest export market, but the second most populous country in the world does not rank in the top ten for NZ exports or two-way trade.The relationship between Australia and India also goes deeper than trade, when Australia’s prime...

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