The Daily Climate Show: Why were climate commitments dropped from the UK-Australia trade deal? [5 mins]
09/09/2021
The Australian and UK governments are at odds over why key climate targets were stripped out of a future trade deal.
The UK's former permanent representative to the EU suggests that post-Brexit trade deals with New Zealand and Australia contribute little to the country's finances.
A UK-Australia trade deal would be the “final nail in the coffin" for Scottish crofters, Ian Blackford has said.
A former Australian prime minister has warned the UK to be "careful what you wish for" when it comes to EU trade.
Idea the U.K. could do a quick FTA with India ... is “the biggest bucket of bollocks” - Kevin Rudd (former Australian PM)
15/12/2020
Kevin Rudd (former Australian PM) - The idea the U.K. could do a quick FTA with India post #brexit is “the biggest bucket of bollocks” I've heard from the brexiteers so far.
How much longer can the United Kingdom and the United States continue to be part of the Five Eyes alliance under their current governments?
Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says a trade deal with the UK is “not a substitute for the EU” [2 mins]
21/01/2020
"The reality is that half of your trade goes to the EU. Britain’s trade with Australia is a very small percentage.”
"I do worry that people are starting to imagine that a trade deal with Australia is somehow a substitute for being on the doorstep of a market with 500 million people, it's not" says former Australian PM Julia Gillard.
EU president tells Boris Johnson his latest Brexit plan is just no-deal: ‘We are fine with that’ [1 min]
11/02/2020
Prime minister had claimed ‘Australia-style’ Brexit could be an option.
Boris Johnson has laughed off claims that he's planning “planning to throw our farmers and crofters under the Brexit bus” over trade negotiations with Australia.
The Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo confirms to MEPs that a trade deal with the EU will be prioritised over one with the UK.
Former trade negotiator Dmitry Grozoubinski celebrates the "virtually unprecedented result" for Australia in the trade deal with the UK, telling James O'Brien "we've not heard" any benefits for Brits.