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Article: New Zealand for deeper trade ties with India
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- The Hindustan Times
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- October 24, 2007
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Sydney, Oct. 24 -- New Zealand Natural Ice Cream and Kiwi wines might have been a big hit with Indians but the country's Trade Minister Philip Goff says agriculture has been the missing link in the growing India-New Zealand bilateral trade and economic relationship.
"A free trade agreement with India would clearly and significantly enhance our trade and economic relationship," Goff said while addressing the India-New Zealand Joint Business Council meeting in Auckland Wednesday.
"We face prohibitive barriers in this sector (agriculture), either through high tariffs or exceedingly demanding sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.
"We will continue to urge the Indian Government to ...