(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 21 - The United Kingdom and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement which, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will reduce costs for exporters and open the New Zealand labor market to British professionals but has already been criticized by the party Labor and Farmers' Union, the National Farmers Union.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is satisfied who, envying the connection with Johnson, called the agreement "one of the best for our country".
In summary, the agreement, closed after 16 months of negotiations, provides for the removal of customs duties on some British goods such as clothing, boats and tractors, and on goods from New Zealand such as wine, honey and fruit.
The British Farmers' Association has warned that the agreement, such as the one with Australia, could harm UK meat and milk producers.
"We will open our doors to large quantities of imported food, with no insurance that it has been produced to our high standards and without guaranteeing almost nothing in return for British farmers," attacked National Farmers Union president MinetteBatters.
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