Office of Global Trade Negotiations (OTN)

The Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (A-EU FTA) will deliver unprecedented new opportunities for Australian farmers, fishers, and other agricultural producers. It will diversify and expand trade to the valuable high-income EU market of around 450 million people.

Cairns Group Ministers and Senior Officials gathered on 2 June 2025 in Paris, where they reaffirmed their commitment to agriculture trade reform, sustainability of agri-food systems, and long-term global food security.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is analysing the impacts of the tariffs on Australia and global trading partners announced today by United States President Donald Trump.

The US has imposed a 10 per cent baseline tariff on most imported goods, effective 9 April 2025. Most goods originating in Australia are subject to this tariff on import into the US. Some goods are subject to a higher tariff rate, while others are exempt.

DFAT is seeking expressions of interest from eligible Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and organisations to participate in a bushfoods pilot, as part of an Australia-WIPO International Intellectual Property Cooperation Project. Applications close on 11:55PM Wednesday, 25 September 2024 (AEST).

Indonesia’s Law 33/2014 on Halal Product Assurance and its associated regulations (the Halal Law) is being phased in over a 15-year period. This will affect Australian businesses exporting food and beverage products to Indonesia.

Services trade makes up a significant part of Australia's exports to other countries. In 2022, services trade was valued at $171 billion and made up 11 per cent of Australia's total exports.

Stakeholders are invited to consider and comment on the commercial, economic, regional and other impacts that could be expected to arise from an Australia-EU FTA. In your submission, you may wish to focus on specific market access challenges and other issues of importance in doing business with the EU or EU member states.