Trade Deal with Australia: British Food Standards

Part of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at on 17 June 2021.

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Photo of George Eustice George Eustice The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Secretary of State for International Trade will, I think, be giving a statement later. The Government have now published the key components of the agreement in principle, and some analysis of the impacts of this agreement has already been cited. Australia is a very important partner of ours, and it is important that we get a trade agreement with it. It is, of course, a smaller economy and the opportunities are therefore not as large as they would be with a larger economy, but nevertheless, Australia is an important ally and this is a good agreement between us.