India-New Zealand PTA: Broaden it for balanced gains

Meat grader Jason Groube stamps mutton for export at an Auckland meat processing plant, 02 March 2001. (Photo: AAP)

Author: Mukul G. Asher, NUS, and Rahul Sen, AUT

As part of a broader objective of deeper economic integration with Asia, New Zealand embarked last year on negotiating a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with India, one of the rapidly growing emerging markets in Asia.

Three rounds of negotiations have now been completed, with the fourth round of negotiations scheduled in New Delhi this month. Read more…