by Clement Sit | May 3, 2022 | Brexpand
It is now well known that the Department for International Trade (DIT) has negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom and Australia. The FTA was signed “virtually” on 16 December 2021. It is a deep and comprehensive agreement which aims to...
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 Clement Sit | Apr 26, 2021 | Brexpand
April 2021 Update The fifth round of negotiations on the Australia-UK FTA commenced last week and on Friday 23 April 2021 the UK and Australia reached consensus on “the vast majority of elements of a comprehensive free trade agreement.” In a joint announcement, the...
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...
