Publication: The Australian
Author: Geoff Chambers

Former trade minister Andrew Robb — the architect of Australia’s free-trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea — said the opportunities of a British FTA hinged on improved market access for Australian farmers.

“It will take quite a lot of ­adjustment in the UK for them to remove a lot of the assistance and protection for many of the agricultural products … It’s going to ­require a will on their part that hasn’t existed,” he said.

“They have had structured tariffs for 40 years but leaving the EU doesn’t remove them. They need to have the disposition to do it.”

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