Free trade deal between EU and Australia unravelsFree trade talks with the EU have collapsed over market access for Australian agricultural produce such as beef. SYDNEY: A free trade deal between the European Union and Australia has unravelled despite early optimism, with Canberra saying on Monday it could take years until negotiations resume. Since 2018 the painstaking discussions have picked through everything from chemicals to cosmetics, but have repeatedly come unstuck over market access for Australian products such as beef and sheep meat. "I think it will be quite some time before any Australian government or any EU leadership is able to negotiate a deal. In July, the two parties failed to reach a deal during talks in Brussels, with Australia saying it had not been guaranteed "significant" access to the European market for its agricultural products.

Source: Bangkok Post October 30, 2023 17:57 UTC