21 Oct 2021

NZ and UK free-trade deal nearly agreed

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 21 October 2021

New Zealand has very nearly secured an historic free trade deal with the United Kingdom, eliminating nearly all tariffs on New Zealand exports.

Estimated to save exporters about $38 million a year, it's also this country's first bi-lateral deal to specifically include climate change provisions.

RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson talks to Māni Dunlop.