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Tim Groser: Former Trade Minister on the EU Trade Deal

Published: July 9, 2023, 8:05 p.m.

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The EU trade deal has officially been signed as Chris Hipkins starts his week in Europe.

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Former Trade Minister Tim Groser says that overall there is useful aspects of the agreement, but it wasn\\u2019t realistic to expect a transformational deal in conscientious areas such as beef and dairy.

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He says it\\u2019s a subjective judgement as to whether the negotiators should\\u2019ve pushed harder, but he trusts in their judgement and believes they pushed as hard as they could.

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