Australia Trade Minister Heads to Europe Aiming to Seal EU-FTA
- Both sides flagged FTA could be agreed within months
- Geographical indication protection seen a major sticking point
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Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell will head to Brussels this weekend for the final rounds of negotiations on a free trade agreement with the European Union, which both sides signaled may be completed by the end of the European summer.
The visit would include a meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis on Monday, Farrell said in Canberra on Thursday, as part of a speech in which he pushed for greater trade diversification for the Australian economy.