Despite claims that a “shared head of state” would help New Zealand, it’s clear our membership of CPTPP was the key to the NZ-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
NZ-UK Free Trade Agreement: where's the "shared" head of state now?
At the outset of the New Zealand-UK free trade agreement, the British Government made the point of highlighting that New Zealand and the United Kingdom “share” a head of state. Yet as we get down to the details of the agreement, there are some glaring omissions.