Trade agreements

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On 2 August 2021, Mr James Baxter, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and other representatives of the Department, appeared before the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Former Australian Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott AC will travel to India to progress our significant economic and trade relationship under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The Australian Government is working to strengthen economic cooperation and development in the region, as trade ministers from the Pacific met today.

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On 17 December 2021, the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) was signed during a virtual ceremony. The A-UKFTA was tabled in both Houses of Australia's Parliament on 8 February 2022. The inquiry into A-UKFTA by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) began but ceased at the dissolution of the House of Representatives on 11 April 2022. This process was completed on 16 November 2022.

Australia and the UK commit to establishing mechanisms that will provide for the liberalisation of tariffs on each other’s goods and that will address non-tariff barriers to trade between our two countries. Australia and the UK will commit to providing the most liberal possible treatment for goods of interest to both countries, while taking into account product sensitivities.

The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER+) and its accompanying implementing arrangement provide a framework for trade-related development assistance in the Pacific.

DFAT wishes to advise stakeholders of the commencement of work on a review and renegotiation of certain market access outcomes for Australian goods exports to Japan — as provided for under the JAEPA built-in agenda.

DFAT wishes to advise stakeholders of the commencement of work on a General Review of the implementation and operation of JAEPA under Article 20.5 of the agreement.