Any trade agreement, by its very nature, involves give and take. No country secures everything it wants, and no agreement can satisfy all domestic constituencies at once. What ultimately matters is whether the overall balance of gains serves long-term national interest.

Judged by that yardstick, the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) represents a significant economic and strategic step forward for both countries.

Projections that bilateral trade could touch $5 billion in the next few years and that investments of around $20 billion could flow over the next 15 years underline the potential of this partnership. These are not marginal numbers; they point to a relationship moving beyond symbolism to tangible economic cooperation.

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