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| UK and Australia agree broad terms of trade deal | UK and Australia agree broad terms of trade deal |
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| Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson agreed the broad terms of the deal over dinner | Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson agreed the broad terms of the deal over dinner |
| The broad terms of a trade deal between the UK and Australia have been agreed, the BBC understands, with a formal announcement expected on Tuesday. | The broad terms of a trade deal between the UK and Australia have been agreed, the BBC understands, with a formal announcement expected on Tuesday. |
| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian PM Scott Morrison agreed the deal over dinner at Downing Street. | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian PM Scott Morrison agreed the deal over dinner at Downing Street. |
| This is the first trade deal to be negotiated from scratch since the UK left the EU. | This is the first trade deal to be negotiated from scratch since the UK left the EU. |
| It is seen as an important step towards the UK joining a wider Asia Pacific free-trade agreement. | It is seen as an important step towards the UK joining a wider Asia Pacific free-trade agreement. |
| Why is an Australia trade deal controversial? | Why is an Australia trade deal controversial? |
| 'Safeguards' promise over UK-Australia trade deal | 'Safeguards' promise over UK-Australia trade deal |
| Farmers' opposition to UK-Australia trade deal grows | Farmers' opposition to UK-Australia trade deal grows |
| Food and drink sector criticise Australia trade deal | Food and drink sector criticise Australia trade deal |
| It is also expected to give UK and Australian food producers and other businesses easier access to each other's markets - an ambition perhaps alluded to by the meal served up to the pair on Monday evening - Welsh lamb and Scottish smoked salmon, washed down with Australian wine. | |
| The UK government says membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) could also provide British farmers with huge opportunities. | |
| However, there had been concerns in the farming community about the UK compromising on its food standards, as well as tensions in government between the Environment Secretary, George Eustice, and the Trade Secretary, Liz Truss. | |
| 'We don't have enough beef to flood the UK market' | |
| UK farmers also had concerns there would be no meaningful safeguards in place to stop farmers being undercut by cheap imports. | |
| Farmers in Australia are allowed to use some hormone growth promoters, pesticides, and feed additives that are banned in the UK. | Farmers in Australia are allowed to use some hormone growth promoters, pesticides, and feed additives that are banned in the UK. |
| According to the National Farmers Union (NFU), Australian farmers are able to produce beef at a lower cost of production, and could undercut farmers in the UK. | According to the National Farmers Union (NFU), Australian farmers are able to produce beef at a lower cost of production, and could undercut farmers in the UK. |
| Scotland had also raised concerns that the farming industry could be overwhelmed if the market is flooded with lower standard goods. | Scotland had also raised concerns that the farming industry could be overwhelmed if the market is flooded with lower standard goods. |
| But the UK's Trade Secretary Liz Truss has previously insisted: "We will make sure in all the deals we do that British farming thrives." |