Red meat sector wants a 'proper adult conversation' about NZ-India trade

Red meat sector wants a 'proper adult conversation' about NZ-India trade
The meat industry is interested in selling to Indian consumers. (Image: Alliance Group)
Riley Kennedy
The red meat sector wants to have a “proper adult conversation” about how New Zealand can develop its trade relationship with India.Discussion about whether a NZ-India free trade agreement (FTA) was viable and how NZ should develop the relationship came up multiple times over the day-and-a-half-long Red Meat Sector Conference in Auckland this week.In the past year, NZ has signed FTAs with the United Kingdom and European Union. While the UK deal was applauded by the red meat sector, the EU deal was labelled “poor quality”...

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