Policy paper

UK's approach to negotiating a free trade agreement with Australia

The UK’s objectives in trade negotiations with Australia.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 17 June 2020
• Last updated: 17 July 2020
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  1. 17 July 2020

     Updated to correct an error in table 11 and corresponding total percentage value in the text and table 17.

  2. 19 June 2020

     HTML version: missing first sentence added into Outline approach: Sustainability section. Last sentence in Outline approach: intellectual property section corrected to match version in pdf.

  3. 17 June 2020

     First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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UK-Australia free trade agreement: the UK's strategic approach

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This document explains the UK government’s:

• negotiating objectives for an enhanced trade agreement between the UK and Australia
• response to the consultation on a trade agreement between the UK and Australia, including how the consultation informed the UK’s negotiating objectives
• initial assessment of the potential long-term impacts of a trade agreement between the UK and Australia