Brexit trade vow: Australia confirms HUGE trade deal will be SIGNED 'the day Brexit e
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We can always count on the Aussies. Enemies we may be on the cricket and rugby pitches but off thee sporting pitches they are true allies.
See, Remainers? This is what Brexitt is all about. Not an isolated, insular, inward-looking Britain, but a global, connected, outward-looking Britain. It is you Remainers - you Litttle Europeans - who are the insular, inward-looking ones.
Long live the Commonwealth, the envy of the EU! (England and Australia are completely dominating the medals table at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games).
See, Remainers? This is what Brexitt is all about. Not an isolated, insular, inward-looking Britain, but a global, connected, outward-looking Britain. It is you Remainers - you Litttle Europeans - who are the insular, inward-looking ones.
Long live the Commonwealth, the envy of the EU! (England and Australia are completely dominating the medals table at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games).
Free trade between the UK and Australia is a good thing, but it still doesn't compensate for trade with the EU. Just look at a world map and tell me that transportation costs won't be higher between the UK and Australia.
The UK's trade with the EU is declining year on year. Each year, the EU is becoming less important to the UK for trade.
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The more likely scenerio is that Australia wants to sell to you but you have little to offer for the Australians to buy. What an awesome trade agreement.
... for Australia.
Probably mostly talent. Some Brits might have skills that Aussies need and vice versa. Beyond that, I'm not aware of much that they can trade efficiently beyond specialized high tech. Transport costs will be too high.
That does't matter. It can sometimes happen that country A has something country B needs, country B has something country C needs, and country C has something country A needs. The UK does not necessarily need to reciprocate directly with Australia. However, trade between the two will still be limited.
Why does that not effect British trade with China? China is Britain's third-biggest trading partner.
China has a much larger population so it can sell in bulk. I'm not saying that trade with Australia won't benefit the UK, but just don't think that it will compare to trade with the EU that has a much larger population and sits right next door.
As Australian Trade Secretary Steven Ciobo said in December about working towards an Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement: "Europe may be more than 14,000 kilometres away, but technological and transport advancements mean people and goods are now less than a day’s flight from each other and some services can be delivered instantaneously."
But the Australians - like the Canadians and Chinese have - are finding out just how difficult it is to strike a free trade agreement with the EU: The've been striving to commence free trade negotiations with the EU since 2015 and still haven't come up with anything. And then Britain announces it is leaving the EU and then, just like that, gets a free trade deal with Australia. The EU is slow at such matters. Now Britain is leaving the EU it can strike up trade deals around the world with countries that it would like to start trade deals with, rather than having unelected foreigners in Brussels and Strasbourg decide which countries Britain should trade with as part of the EU.
What do you mske that the Aussies will want to buy? Fill up the Outback with teacups?
Food, beverages, tobacco, manufactured goods, pharmaceuticals, machinery and transport equipment, commodities...
Australia and New Zealand still haven't forgiven their Mother Country for turning her back on them to join what is now the EU in 1973. Their economies suffered as a result. They are now keen to exploit the opportunities and great future that Brexit presents.
I don't know what you're going on about but I do know that America turned up late for proceedings.
Of course you don't. Your almost non-existent education consisted of British propaganda.