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The real value of the Australia trade deal

19 June 2021

9:00 AM

19 June 2021

9:00 AM

If Britain had been unable to agree a trade deal with Australia, then Brexit really would have been pointless. The country is one of our greatest allies and we have no rational reason to fear its beef, its sugar or its people. A free trade deal, aligned with visa-free travel, ought to have been the easiest deal to do.

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