22 Dec 2025

Watch: Prime Minister and Trade Minister on deal with India

6:33 pm on 22 December 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McClay have confirmed the conclusion of free trade negotiations with India.

The deal contains significant wins for several industries but limited gains for dairy. 

Negotiations were formally launched in March.

Christopher Luxon with Narendra Modi

Christopher Luxon with Indian PM Narendra Modi during a meeting last year. Photo: Supplied / Prime Minister's office

Luxon visited India for four days in April, and Trade Minister Todd McClay has been on several trips there since.

Two-way trade between the two countriesy totals about $3.14 billion a year. About $718m of that is exports from New Zealand, primarily wool, logs and apples.

Read the full story here and watch the media conference at the top of this page. 

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