A New Zealand minister faced international backlash after referring to planned free-trade deal with India as a 'butter chicken tsunami.' The comments followed discussions regarding a major, anticipated trade agreement.

A senior New Zealand minister has sparked outrage by deriding a planned free-trade deal with India as a “butter chicken tsunami”. Wellington is poised to sign a free-trade agreement with India in New Delhi next week. The New Zealand government has hailed it as a “once in a generation” deal that will give its businesses access to the world’s most populated country’s vast domestic market. But its ruling coalition partner, the right-wing populist NZ First party, has pulled support over fears it...