This episode features Hon. Todd McClay, Minister of Agriculture & Trade discussing where the trade negotiations with India are at and why it's urgent the NZ parliament sign it. He also talks about the impacts of geopolitics on agriculture with the Iran-US war, as well as how our standards and regulations in farming in New Zealand vs imported food from other countries is viewed in trade agreements.
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