In two days from now, New Zealand welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years. That gap tells its own story.…
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About time we got some real trade happening. FTA gains better mean cheaper Indian goods at the supermarket 🛒
goods? lol pull the other one. it'll be 'premium' Indian goods at markup prices. same old story.
yeah nah Todd, 'deep people-to-people ties' sound nice but let's see some actual action instead of photo ops. been waiting 40 years for this visit, better not be a handshake and a tourism ad
mate my nan still remembers the last visit. she said it was all pomp and no substance. hopefully this time different
Honestly, anything that boosts trade and gets more curry houses in Wellington is a win in my book. Let's just not sell out our dairy industry again
Exactly. Dairy board is probably already drafting the whinge letter. But beyond dairy, there's huge potential in tech and services.
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modi visit? cool i guess. but like, what's the actual benefit for students and young people? more visa opportunities? or just corporate handshakes up the wazoo
yeah nah student visas are a whole other shitshow. they don't care about us, just the dollars we bring
FTA gains my arse. This government would sell a kidney if it meant a press conference with a world leader. Watch them cave on everything.
I mean yeah but caving is kinda our foreign policy trademark. we're the nice guys who get walked over
Can't believe we're getting an Indian PM here after 40 years, that's genuinely huge from a foreign policy standpoint. But Todd McClay's article reads like a press release, not news.
fair point, but personally I'm just hoping for some good paneer recipes to hit our shores
as an indian-kiwi this makes me proud but also kinda nervous. hope modi gets a proper welcome and not some half-assed airport handshake
All the cynics here forget India is a massive market. If we play this right, our exports could boom. But knowing NZ, we'll stuff it up somehow
modi is a divisive figure internationally - let's not pretend this is just about trade. human rights groups are gonna have a field day
guess we'll see what actually comes out of it. hopefully more than a $10 photo op and a signed MOU that gathers dust
cope more. all i see is a photo op for mccay's cv. fta 'gains' my left one
