NZ's Free Trade Hustle

As New Zealand closes in on its first trade deal with India, we
look back at the agreements that shaped the country: from
Britain’s betrayal in the 1970s to closer economic relations with
Australia. For a small nation at the edge of the world, survival
has often meant learning to hustle.


New Zealand's free trade agreement with India has been decades in
the making, ut this isn’t the first time trade deals have
reshaped the country. In this episode of Context, Guyon Espiner
and Corin Dann trace the story of the agreements that transformed
New Zealand’s economy: from the shock of Britain joining the
European Economic Community in 1973, to CER with Australia, the
fight over TPP, and the huge impact of our China free trade
agreement. The stakes are high, our economy depends on these
deals.


Along the way:


Why New Zealand became one of the world’s biggest champions
of free trade

The industries that were lost along the way

The protests and political battles that followed

And whether the global backlash against globalisation could
bring the free trade era to an end.



Watch the video version of the episode here.


Or you can watch the full series on the RNZ website here.


Thanks to Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.


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