Hi, Australian trade guy here.
Our country is 14,000km from Europe and overwhelmingly exports iron ore, coal and gold, mostly to Asia.
Unless ya'll have a secret desert full of minerals and a plan to tow yourselves to just under South East Asia, our model won't work for you.
Our country is 14,000km from Europe and overwhelmingly exports iron ore, coal and gold, mostly to Asia.
Unless ya'll have a secret desert full of minerals and a plan to tow yourselves to just under South East Asia, our model won't work for you.
We're also working pretty hard to secure an FTA with the EU, through which we hope to attain a fraction of the full market access ya'll enjoy as EU Members.
Oh, oh, and while I'm here: thanks to a bunch of historical reasons, Australia enjoys significantly more access to the agricultural markets of the EU through country specific quotas under WTO rules than the UK will under No-Deal.
Just a reminder you can hire me to explain the key concepts of trade policy to your organisation in under 3 hours.
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