New Zealand-United Kingdom

Key outcomes include:

• New Zealand exporters will be able to compete on a level playing field in the UK, particularly against other global exporters who have already secured free trade deals with the UK.
• The market access package is one of the very best New Zealand has secured in any trade deal.  All customs duties on all products will be eliminated between both countries once fully implemented.
• The vast majority of customs duties will be removed entirely the day the FTA comes into force, including wine, honey, onions, kiwifruit, a range of dairy products, and most industrial products.
• A small number of New Zealand products will be liberalised over a longer time frame of up to 15 years but with significant new duty-free quota access provided in the interim. This includes for apples (3 years), cheese and butter (5 years), and beef and sheep meat (15 years) ^[1].
• Overall, this means 99.5% of current New Zealand goods trade will enter the UK tariff-free from entry into force of the FTA.
• The NZ-UK FTA will provide opportunities for businesses large and small to grow, invest and diversify.
• Protecting and promoting Māori interests in this free trade agreement has been a priority for us throughout this negotiation.  The NZ-UK FTA recognises the unique status of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including in the preamble of the Agreement, and includes a Māori Trade and Economic Cooperation chapter that will create a platform for cooperation on a range of issues important to Māori. The FTA also reflects Māori interests in key areas across the agreement, such as in the intellectual property and trade and environment chapters. It also includes New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi exception, which enables the New Zealand Government to take measures it deems necessary to accord more favourable treatment to Māori regarding matters covered under the Agreement, including in fulfilment of its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.
• The FTA features the most far-reaching trade and environment provisions New Zealand has ever negotiated, including commitments to eliminate fisheries subsidies, to take steps toward eliminating fossil fuel subsidies, and to promote sustainable agriculture. It prioritises the elimination of tariffs on over 290 environmentally beneficial products – the largest such list agreed in any FTA to date. It also underlines the urgent need to address climate change, and commits to working together to do so. 
• New Zealand’s Trade for All agenda is reflected throughout the FTA, including in a dedicated chapters on Trade and Gender supporting women’s economic empowerment, Māori Trade and Economic Cooperation, Trade and Development, Consumer Protection, and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; and advanced provisions on Environment (including climate change), Trade and Labour, and Anti-Corruption.
• The FTA will preserve the right of governments to regulate in the public interest, including for the environment, education, health and wellbeing of New Zealanders.
• There will be no Investor-State Dispute Settlement in this FTA. It has also been agreed that ISDS would not apply between New Zealand and the UK in CPTPP either, should the UK accede to that Agreement.
  
  You can find further information on the NZ-UK FTA outcomes in the National Interest Analysis here

_{[1] Beef access is provided through a duty-free quota for 10 years, followed by a product-specific safeguard until year 15. All trade is duty-free below the safeguard trigger.}