A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming
- Written by: Margaret Young, Professor, The University of Melbourne
Shutterstock A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom begins on Wednesday. When it was announced in 2021, then-prime ministers Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison cheerily exchanged packets of chocolate biscuits. Meanwhile, one British newspaper celebrated the prospect of cheaper steaks.
The agreement eliminates tariffs on a...