Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

A push to minimise barriers on our red meat export industry.  The Meat Industry Association and Beef and Lamb New Zealand have revealed non-tariff trade barriers are costing the industry an estimated $1.5 billion every year. Beef + Lamb Chair Kate Ackland told Ryan Bridge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is working on 194 different non-tariff barriers the sector's facing. She says the red meat industry is worth $10.4 billion, so $1.5 billion is significant.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.