BRITISH DAIRY EXPORTERS UNDERWHELMED BY UK/AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL THAT DELIGHTS AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS
June 12th, 2023
The signing of the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) may have created one new trade deal, but it is regarded in contrasting lights by the two countries’ respective dairy industries.
On the UK-side, industry association Dairy UK regards this as an unequal deal, giving British exporters little to leverage. Australian industry groups are, however, hailing the agreement as a major opportunity.
Dairy UK policy and sustainability director Peter Dawson, noted that Australian import tariffs for UK dairy products are already zero, except for ...
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