Trade Agreements: Australia

(asked on 22nd February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK farmers are not disadvantaged as a result of the UK-Australia trade deal.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 8th March 2022

Farmers are protected from the tariff elimination in the deal through staged liberalisation, tariff quotas and product specific safeguards for beef and sheep. A general bilateral safeguard mechanism, which applies to all products, will also provide a temporary safety net for industry if they face serious injury, or threat thereof, from increased imports as a result of tariff elimination under the free trade agreement.

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