Australia’s $10bn EU trade deal has stalled again. What is it and what’s gone wrong?
Trade minister warns there is no room to renegotiate, saying ‘we’ve got to either accept or reject this offer’ After a decade of tough negotiations, the Albanese government does not yet have the numbers it needs to get a hard-won free trade deal over the line. Talks with the European Union were finalised in March, and Labor expects to introduce the agreement to parliament early in the new year.
But the deal, worth $10bn a year, is already facing opposition from the Coalition and meat producers urging the government to go back to the drawing board.
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