Damien O'Connor: Labour's Trade Spokesperson on Labour's hesitance to support the India Free Trade Agreement
Questions around Indian students and family of visa holders are still roadblocks to Labour supporting a trade deal with India.
New Zealand First's left its coalition partners in the lurch, rendering them dependent on Labour to ratify the agreement.
But leader Chris Hipkins says there's a mismatch between how the deal's been presented and what the text actually contains.
Damien O’Connor, the party’s Trade Spokesperson, told Mike Hosking trade agreements don’t typically include guaranteed work permits, but this one does.
He says that Winston Peters stirred up concerns the deal…
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