Australian producers and working holidaymakers could be the casualties of a high-stakes British internal feud that’s erupted over the deal.
Trade Minister Don Farrell is optimistic negotiations over an Australia and EU free trade agreement can go “full speed”.
World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala banned monologues,drove all-night workshops to land biggest global trade deals in 27 years.
Don Farrell will meet his French counterpart in a strong sign of progress on a deal after the new government moved to end a dispute with France over a cancelled submarine contract.
The two nations will strip tariffs off imports and exports in a deal that will tie them economically closer in the face of rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will discuss a long-running trade deal and the Russian war with Indian leader Narendra Modi when they speak on Monday.
The Australian government also managed to fight off a British attempt to insert the Paris climate agreement’s goal to limit temperature rises to 1.5 to 2 degrees.
New Zealand producers failed in their bid to trademark the term “manuka honey”,a move Australian beekeepers say would have had devastating impacts on the industry.
Ted Hui said the snub was disappointing and confusing given how willing Mr McGowan was to wade into the Beijing debate on economic issues,which suggested his government had chosen trade over human rights.
Canberra is pushing for a “digital free-trade agreement” that would make it easier for Australians to tap into markets in the US and other nations.
Joe Biden’s trade tsar has outlined the administration’s trade policies towards China. At face value not much changes from the tactics of the Trump era.