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Australia will always promote free trade IN RECENT WEEKS AUSTRALIA AND THE UK HAVE ARRIVED AT A HISTORIC MOMENT IN OUR 250-YEAR RELATIONSHIP. WE SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT WILL BE AUSTRALIA’S MOST AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA) WITH ANY COUNTRY, OTHER THAN THE FTA WE HAVE WITH OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR, NEW ZEALAND.
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As always there will be ongoing negotiations over the coming months to finalise the legal text of the FTA but it will be a modern agreement, with both sides committing to maximise opportunities for physical and digital trade across all sectors of the economy. This we hope, can act as a blueprint for ongoing free trade negotiations between Australia and the EU. Australian tariff removal will result in significant gains for UK exporters in the Australian market and Australian consumers will benefit from the 28 | THE IRISH SCENE
elimination of tariffs on cars, whiskey and all other UK exports. There is even more to this agreement in areas as diverse as the financial and digital economy and the protection of intellectual property, cyber security, people movements and artificial intelligence, including strong rules on data flows and localisation to create a more certain and secure online environment. Both Australia and the UK have
