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NZ government has promised to double exports (again) – but as history shows, this is easier said than done

Written by Eldrede Kahiya, Associate Professor - Strategy and International Business, University of Canterbury

With the goal of doubling exports over the next ten years, the National Party’s Boosting Growth Through Trade policy is now central to the coalition government.

The government hopes to achieve this through trade agreements, trade missions and by making India a strategic priority for trade and development.

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