Emigrating to Australia: UK free trade
05 September 2016 by News DeskEmigrating to Australia: The Turnbull government is seeking to agree a fast-track free trade agreement with UK
Emigrating to Australia to could be made easier in future as British Prime Minister Theresa May said it was a priority to agree a new deal with Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will have a formal meeting with prime minister May at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.
Australia says no deal will come into force until UK officially leaves the European Union.
But when Brexit becomes ‘official’, both countries want a new deal to be ready to go immediately.
Theresa May says that Australia is at the top of the list of countries UK wants to talk with.
Emigrating to Australia: UK free trade
“We are building up the necessary expertise to go after these trade deals and in China I will be seizing the opportunity to talk to leaders from countries like Australia, who have already made clear that they want to strike a deal once we have left the EU,” May said.
Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo will visit London to offer help in the form of expert Australian trade negotiators.
Turnbull and May have already spoken about trade negotiations as both are in favour of wider worldwide free trade.
“As we forge a new global role for the UK we will seize the opportunities that Brexit presents and make a success of it,” May said.
The UK prime minister also said that she and Malcolm Turnbull are “on a unity ticket” and that “negotiations were well advanced”.
Malcolm Turnbull told reporters: “Australia is enthusiastic and supportive. We are providing Britain with as much assistance as we can at a technical level”.
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