Revealed: UK shoppers will save 20 pence per bottle on Australian wine when Britain’s new free trade deal with Canberra kicks in later this year The UK and Australia have struck a free trade deal to be rolled out later this year Deal will see tariffs slashed on Australian wine imports saving shoppers 20p It … Read more
Schoolchildren will learn more about Bristol’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade with a new textbook created by teachers and historians. It comes after last year’s Black Lives Matter protests and the toppling of the Edward Colston statue. Eight history teachers in Bristol worked together with Bristol museums and historians to research and write the … Read more
Jamaica is planning to ask the United Kingdom for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the former British colony, a senior government official said. The Caribbean island nation will file a petition that could seek billions of pounds in reparations, pending legal advice, Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister of sports, youth and culture, said. ‘We are … Read more
Australia prepares to lodge a World Trade Organisation dispute over anti-dumping duties on wine By Australian Associated Press Published: 00:59 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 01:01 BST, 19 June 2021 Australia is to take action in the World Trade Organisation over China’s imposition of anti-dumping duties on wine. The decision to commence a dispute … Read more
Boris Johnson and Australian counterpart Scott Morrison ‘agree trade deal between the two countries during Downing Street dinner’ – the first negotiated from scratch post-Brexit Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison agreed trade deal Two leaders have agreed broad terms of pact over dinner in Downing Street could be first trade deal negotiated … Read more
Melbourne Demons seal AFLW trade for Tayla Harris after Carlton baulked at her $150,000 contract demand By Australian Associated Press Published: 23:40 BST, 8 June 2021 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 8 June 2021 Star Melbourne recruit Tayla Harris is determined to return to her best after officially joining a third AFLW club. The Demons secured … Read more
Farming leaders fear Liz Truss will sign a free trade deal with Australia which could see cheap beef flooding the UK market Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, says members are concerned They fear Ms Truss’s negotiators have agreed to tariff-free access to UK market in their haste to secure a deal before … Read more
Boris Johnson and Narendra Modi commit to DOUBLING UK-India trade over the next decade as part of ‘quantum leap’ in relations as they agree visa plan to allow young professionals to live and work in each other’s countries Boris Johnson and Narendra Modi held a virtual bilateral meeting this afternoon Two leaders pledged to pursue … Read more
Britain ‘WON’T lower beef standards to secure a trade deal’ – but we could be drinking cheaper wine from Australia Australia has been pushing for the move as part of a new trade deal with the UK Liz Truss said that food standards was an issue she would not be giving way on Miss Truss did … Read more
Brexit booze bonus as Liz Truss claims Australian wine will become CHEAPER in the UK under terms of new trade deal she is agreeing with Canberra The ‘vast majority’ of a free trade deal with Australia has been agreed Ms Truss said that it included provisions that would make wine cheaper here Also opens up … Read more