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FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND AUSTRALIA
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND AUSTRALIA
PREAMBLE
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“the United Kingdom”) and Australia, hereinafter each individually referred to as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties”,
REINFORCING the longstanding bonds of friendship, cooperation, and people to people linkages between them;
RESOLVING to strengthen their economic relations, and further liberalise and expand bilateral trade and investment;
DETERMINED to build on their rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement and other international agreements to which they are both parties;
SEEKING to establish clear and mutually advantageous rules governing their trade and investment, to promote a predictable business environment, and eliminate barriers between them;
RECOGNISING the importance of ensuring certainty for service suppliers, including by agreeing to commitments enabling the temporary entry of business persons to supply services in each of the Parties’ territories;
RECOGNISING the Parties’ respective autonomy and rights to regulate within their territories in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives such as the protection and promotion of public health, education, labour standards, social services, safety, the environment including climate change, and animal welfare;
RECOGNISING the strong and mutually supportive relationship between trade and innovation, and the contribution of both to economic growth and addressing shared challenges, and affirming the Parties’ commitment to expanding their cooperation in this area;
SEEKING to encourage women’s full access to and ability to benefit from this Agreement and support equitable participation in international trade and investment;
SUPPORTING the growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises by enhancing their ability to participate in and benefit from the opportunities created by this Agreement;
NOTING the importance of facilitating new opportunities for businesses and consumers through digital trade, and addressing unjustified barriers to data flows and trade enabled by electronic means; and
RESOLVING to promote transparency, good governance, the rule of law, and prevent and combat bribery and corruption in international trade and investment,
HAVE AGREED as follows:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preamble
Chapter 1: Initial Provisions and General Definitions
Chapter 2: Trade in Goods
Annex 2A (Tariff Commitments)
Section 2A (Tariff Schedule of Australia)
Part 2A-1 (Notes for Schedule of Australia)
Part 2A-2 (Schedule of Tariff Commitments of Australia)
Section 2B (Tariff Schedule of the United Kingdom)
Part 2B-1 (Notes for Schedule of the United Kingdom)
Part 2B-2 (Tariff Rate Quotas of the United Kingdom)
Part 2B-3 (Product Specific Safeguard Measures)
Part 2B-4 (Schedule of Tariff Commitments of the United Kingdom)
Chapter 3: Trade Remedies
Chapter 4: Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures
Annex 4A (Data Requirements)
Annex 4B (Product-Specific Rules)
Chapter 5: Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation
Chapter 6: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Chapter 7: Technical Barriers to Trade Annex 7A (Cosmetics)
Chapter 8: Cross Border Trade in Services
Annex 8A (Express Delivery Services)
Annex 8B (International Maritime Transport Services)
Chapter 9: Financial Services
Annex 9A (Cross-Border Trade in Financial Services)
Annex 9B (Authorities Responsible for Financial Services)
Annex 9C (Financial Services Regulatory Cooperation)
Chapter 10: Professional Services and the Recognition of Professional Qualifications
Chapter 11: Temporary Entry for Business Persons
Chapter 12: Telecommunications
Chapter 13: Investment
Chapter 14: Digital Trade
Chapter 15: Intellectual Property
Chapter 16: Government Procurement
Annex 16A (Schedule of Australia)
Annex 16A (Schedule of the United Kingdom)
Chapter 17: Competition Policy and Consumer Protection
Chapter 18: State-Owned Enterprises and Designate Monopolies
Chapter 19: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Chapter 20: Innovation
Chapter 21: Labour
Annex 22A
Annex 22B
Chapter 22: Environment
Chapter 23: Development
Chapter 24: Trade and Gender Equality
Chapter 25: Animal Welfare and Antimicrobial Resistance
Chapter 26: Good Regulatory Practice
Chapter 27: Cooperation
Chapter 28: Transparency and Anti-Corruption
Chapter 29: Administrative and Institutional Provisions
Chapter 30: Dispute Settlement
Chapter 31: General Provisions and Exceptions
Chapter 32: Final Provisions
Annex I: Schedules of Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment
Explanatory Notes
Schedule of Australia
Schedule of United Kingdom
Annex II: Schedules of Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment
Explanatory Notes
Schedule of Australia
Schedule of United Kingdom
Annex III: Schedules of Non-Conforming Measures for Financial Services
Explanatory Notes
Schedule of Australia
Schedule of United Kingdom
Annex IV: Schedules of Specific Commitments on Temporary Entry for Business Persons
Schedule of Australia
Schedule of United Kingdom