Weekend Edition: Getting Back with Britain

Friday 8th December 2023

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It’s been fifty years since the UK signed an agreement with the European Economic Community. That had a profound impact on Australian exports. We’ve built a far more diverse export base since then, of course, but now, since Brexit, with a new free trade agreement (FTA) in place, there’s a chance to redevelop our trading relationship with the UK. 

Elisabeth Bowes, Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, was deeply involved in negotiating the UK Australia FTA. She said, it made her proud as a Queenslander to see, back in September, the first tariff free shipment of sugar in fifty years to arrive in the UK. 

On this edition of The Weekend Edition Elisabeth outlines how Australian businesses can benefit from the agreement, whether its exporting goods, procuring UK government business, establishing a foothold within Europe, or recruiting expertise from Britain.

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