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Ryan Bridge: How are the India FTA talks going?
So we've had a fifth round of talks with India on a free trade agreement. A senior government minister's in town with 42 of his mates.
This is a sign of good progress, but dairy farmers were hoping for a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow and it isn't going to happen.
McClay and Luxon promised a deal by the election and it sounds like they're on track to achieve that. But is a deal worth the paper it's written on if it doesn't unlock tariff free access for milk powder?
It's our major commodity we sell to the rest for the world. It's one of the reasons Fonterra's the cat that got the cream…
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