by Julian Gyngell | Jun 16, 2021 | Brexpand
The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have announced that they have agreed a Free Trade Agreement “in principle” between the two countries. The FTA is the first the UK has negotiated from scratch following Brexit and...
by Julian Gyngell | Dec 15, 2020 | Brexpand
The third round of negotiations on the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (AU-UK FTA) was held (virtually) from 23 November to 4 December 2020. A very positive Press Release published by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) noted that the two...
by Julian Gyngell | Nov 2, 2020 | Brexpand
Much has been written about the UK Government’s commitment to finalise post-Brexit, bilateral Free Trade Agreements, including the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). However, just as importantly, the UK has also recently committed to join the Comprehensive and...
by Julian Gyngell | Oct 7, 2020 | Brexpand
The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has confirmed that round two of the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations took place between Monday 21 September 2020 and Friday 2 October 2020. The UK continues to signal its ambition to...
by Julian Gyngell | May 19, 2020 | Brexpand
Australia and Britain will formally launch talks for a free-trade agreement (FTA) in June 2020. The Australia-UK FTA process had earlier been slated for launch in April, but the COVID-19 pandemic put progress on hold. However, COVID-19 is clearly not going to delay...