US EditionEU Commission President Visits Australia to Finalize Free Trade Agreement
The $10 billion deal will remove tariffs on over 90% of goods and increase Australian red meat exports to Europe tenfold, officials said.
- On March 23, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Sydney to clinch a free-trade deal, with officials saying it could be signed on Tuesday after talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Facing new tariffs, negotiations between the EU and Australia, which have been long-running and previously stalled, were accelerated to diversify trade, officials said.
- On Monday, the deal would open a market of 450 million consumers, remove tariffs on over 90 percent of goods, and could save exporters 1 billion euros annually, Brussels said.
- Australia could gain an extra Aus$10 billion in trade in the first year, with a security partnership and Horizon Europe access expected, but Australian farming organisations warn quotas for beef and lamb remain too low.
- The 27-member EU bloc's $31 trillion economy magnifies the deal's strategic value, creating a free-trade zone with more than 700 million people and boosting critical minerals trade.
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Australia this Monday for a three-day visit, during which she hopes to settle the final details of a draft free trade agreement, in negotiations since 2018.
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