India has been a notoriously challenging country to do FTAs with, and the relationship between governments was quite poor under Labour. I have little doubt that the PM’s personal commitment to the FTA, alongside his trips to India, made a critical difference also. 50 per cent tariff cut for large quota of apples – nearly double recent average exports. Duty-free access for kiwifruit within a quota almost four times our recent average exports, and tariff halved for exports outside of quota. History has shown them to have been 100% wrong on the China FTA, and they will be on this one also.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2025 22:51 UTC