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Edwin Paul: Boss of India New Zealand Business Council rejects Winston Peters' claims of discrimination · Best of Business

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  Speaker 2: We are yet to see any evidence that backs up
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  Speaker 2: the claims Winston Peters is making about the Indian FTA.
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  Speaker 2: He said yesterday that he's seen documents.
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  Speaker 3: The National Party has just changed his course, no doubt
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  Speaker 3: due to poor Pauline. Immigration policy settings are being made
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  Speaker 3: more restrictive in a way that which targets India and
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  Speaker 3: India alone.
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  Speaker 2: Now we've asked New Zealand first if we can see
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  Speaker 2: those documents. We're being told no. Apparently we have to
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  Speaker 2: get them from National Edwin Paul is the chair of
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  Speaker 2: the India New Zealand Business Council and is with US
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  Speaker 2: High Edwin.
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  Speaker 4: Cure, Heather, Good to be with you and your listeners again.
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  Speaker 2: Good to talk to you. Have you seen the documents?
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  Speaker 4: Nah? I haven't.
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  Speaker 2: Would you have expected to?
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  Speaker 4: No? I don't have to.
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  Speaker 2: Why not?
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  Speaker 4: Basically?
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  Speaker 5: I mean it was a good conversation you're having earlier. Right,
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  Speaker 5: So it's all the drama and the theater around the elections.
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  Speaker 5: I think there's a told politically motivated hyperbolay. The agreement
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  Speaker 5: is well negotiated and better than that, it's it's scrutinized
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  Speaker 5: even more and it's passing through all due processes, and
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  Speaker 5: at this time I think these allegations unsubstantiated.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. So are you saying that you do not believe
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  Speaker 2: what Winston is saying?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, Scotley, why not.
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  Speaker 5: Because we I personally am the Council has had insights
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  Speaker 5: before as to how this whole thing panned out. From
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  Speaker 5: the time it was announced to now, we've had quite
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  Speaker 5: some visibility on what it is. And I think for us,
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  Speaker 5: the source of truth is actually our chief negotiators response
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  Speaker 5: to the Parliamentary subcommittee, and he had all the answers,
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  Speaker 5: and we know what exactly what the trade agreement is.
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  Speaker 4: So I think it's unsubstantiated.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. So even if it's unsubstantiate, and even if proof emerges,
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  Speaker 2: do you think the Indian government is going to get
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  Speaker 2: wind of this and not like what they're seeing?
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  Speaker 4: I think they're equally aware.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, everybody knows the personalities and characters involved, and
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  Speaker 5: they know it's election here and this was kind of expected.
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  Speaker 5: I would, in fact expect the hypeability to increase over
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  Speaker 5: the next few months.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Edwin, thank you so much for talking us. I
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  Speaker 2: appreciate ed and Paul Indian New Zealand Business Council Chair.
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