Sectors - Securing market access
The Department's role
A major priority for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is to reduce barriers to the export of Australian goods and services. The Department acts to improve market access for our products in overseas markets acts through means such as negotiations in international trading forums including the WTO, expanding links with key trading partners through forums such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group and lobbying individual Governments to reduce barriers or eliminate impediments to Australian exports.
- WTO sectoral negotiations and agreements
- Market access assistance
- Multilateral Procurement
- Action agendas and sectors
- TradeWatch website. TradeWatch provides Australian businesses with current information about the international trade and investment environment and Australian Government action to open international markets