PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Overseas Trade: Australia (12 January 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Australia.
Asked by:
Dr Kieran Mullan (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dr Kieran Mullan (Conservative)
Answer
The UK recently signed a Free Trade Agreement with Australia on 16th December 2021. The deal is expected to increase trade with Australia by 53% in the long run. The UK and Australia have committed to removing tariffs on a vast array of popular products which can now be more easily traded between the two countries including eliminating tariffs on 100% of UK exports. This deal is tailored to British strengths providing benefits for our world-class services industry, unprecedented new opportunities for UK professionals to work in Australia and trading digitally.
Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
20 January 2022
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