Peters breaks ranks on India trade deal as parliament scrutinises terms

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, the Foreign Affairs minister, has called the India free trade agreement "neither free nor fair" just as it moves through parliamentary select committee scrutiny. The public criticism from a coalition partner is unusual timing — Modi is in the country for talks with Prime Minister Luxon. Peters has not detailed his objections, but the move gives Labour and opposition parties scope to probe the tariff schedule beyond the optics of the visit.