What the UK-Australia deal means for future trade policy

Boris Johnson hails ‘new dawn’ in relationship between the two countries

Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison
Boris Johnson with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison outside No. 10
(Image credit: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)

The UK has agreed its first international trade agreement negotiated from scratch since Brexit - but not everyone is delighted by the outcome.

Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison sealed the deal “over a dinner of Scottish salmon and Welsh lamb in Downing Street on Monday”, reports The New European.

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