We agreed an historic free trade deal with Australia– our first major trade deal negotiated from scratch since we left the EU – eliminating tariffs on all UK goods and boosting jobs and businesses across the country as we build back better as a truly global Britain.
- As a newly sovereign free trading nation, we now have the opportunity to strike out in to the world and grasp the new opportunities that lay ahead of us through free-trade agreements with our friends and allies around the world.
- This historic new free-trade agreement with Australia is the first major trade deal negotiated from scratch since we left the EU. The deal will create new opportunities for UK businesses and consumers, remove tariffs on all British goods, open up new markets for our services providers and tech firms, and make it easier for people to travel and work, including young people who want the chance to work and live on the other side of the world.
- British farmers will be protected by a cap on tariff-free imports for 15 years, using tariff rate quotas and other safeguards, and we are also supporting agricultural producers to increase their exports overseas, including to new markets in the Indo-Pacific.
- This is global Britain at its best – looking outwards, taking a leading role on the world stage, striking new deals that deepen our alliances and ensuring every part of our union can build back better from the pandemic.
UK agrees historic trade deal with Australia - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP
