A political commentary podcast discussing Labour's decision to support the India Free Trade Agreement, framing it as a necessary compromise to protect business interests while criticizing the political delay and perceived lack of substantive improvements to the deal.
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What a surprise. Labor has agreed to support the India Free Trade Agreement. It was not a surprise when it was announced today. I told you last week it would happen this week and that they would give it the green light because there was really no other way for Labor to go. If Labor said no and stopped that free trade agreement, they would be accused of blocking New Zealand businesses like the apple growers from making money that is basically there for the taking. I think Labor just dragged this out for politics. I mean, saying, saying, saying. Saying yes straight out would have been acknowledging that they like what Todd McLean and National have done. Dragging it out, looking like they're agonising over the decision, pretending that they've improved it by getting National to hire 14 more inspectors to focus on migrant worker exploitation is just done to give the impression that the deal really isn't as good as we all might think it is, while still actually saying yes so that businesses still get the benefits of this free trade deal. Which let me remind you... is actually an incredible accomplishment when you think about it. Remember when Chris Luxon said at the 2023 election that he wanted this thing signed in his first term? He was poo-pooed for dreaming. Ambitious, yes. Likely, no. And yet Todd McClay, the trade minister who just keeps on knocking it out of the park with the Gulf States FTA and the United Arab Emirates FTA, knocked it out of the park again, even more so than before because this is India. This is a massive market and we just got in. And by the way.
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immediate financial gains for agribusiness and exporters
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour had no other direction to go on the India FTASocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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