<h1>Comprehensive free trade agreement negotiations launched, paired with a Defence Cooperation Arrangement and multiple commercial MOUs.</h1> Launch of negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement between India and New Zealand to deepen bilateral economic relations, accompanied by a Defence Cooperation Arrangement to institutionalise defence ties. The visit advanced commercial outcomes, with numerous memoranda of understanding progressed across education, technology, tourism, investment, manufacturing, food and primary industries, forming a coordinated package of trade, defence and sectoral cooperation measures to be pursued through formal negotiations and implementation mechanisms.