Australia and India will sign an interim trade deal by the end of the year,as the European Union slows down talks on a different deal.
Shortly after condemning Australia,the US and the UK for forming AUKUS,China applied to join the trans-pacific trade deal established to isolate Beijing.
The Foreign and Defence ministers will do a whirlwind visit to four countries next week to talk about security issues as well as trade opportunities.
The Parliament’s own treaties committee has made a bipartisan call for the costs and benefits of trade deals to be calculated and made public.
Farmers are demanding the Nationals deliver on their promise for a new agriculture visa after UK backpackers were exempted from visa farm work requirements.
Whiskey,biscuits and even cars could be cheaper under the free trade deal.
Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson will thrash out the final terms over a lavish dinner at Downing Street.
Australian negotiators are seeking to overcome British fears of a flood of beef and lamb imports under a $36.7 billion trade deal that could be signed within days.
Europe’s top diplomat in Canberra has left the door open to the EU joining Australia’s claim against China at the World Trade Organisation.
Australian farmers are pushing back on claims from British farmers who want to maintain tariffs on agricultural imports amid a mooted free trade deal.
All tariffs on vaccines,protective masks,syringes and soap would be removed under a plan to be put forward by New Zealand at this year’s APEC summit.