What does an increase of 0.01% of GDP get us?

Casdon

There’s quite a demand for British goods in Australia to be fair, not least from the 1million+ Brits who have emigrated there.

Yes, there is.

Not every piece of beef on a supermarket shelf in Australia is adulterated - in fact most is not.
There is no reason to suppose that any that comes into the UK will be either.

I do wish people would stop scaremongering about Australian food.

If anyone eats tofu or drinks soy milk they would ingest more hormones than from eating hormone fed beef anyway.

Kali2

I will admit I have not done the calculations myself- but it is claimed that you would need 40 OZ deals to cover the loss of EU market.

The whole thing is just madness.

Well, that's very good news in one way, then Kali2 - it means that there is absolutely no need for British farmers to be fearful of Australian imports because the impact will be minimal in comparison.

If anyone eats tofu or drinks soy milk they would ingest more hormones than from eating hormone fed beef anyway.

Interesting.

Can you explain why, Callistemon?

I think the point is that the British farmers and fishermen had a good European export market on the doorstep. It will be far more difficult to export the same quantity and the same products to OZ .

Welshwife

I think the point is that the British farmers and fishermen had a good European export market on the doorstep. It will be far more difficult to export the same quantity and the same products to OZ .

Not forgetting the increased emissions.

Bloody madness.

farmers in my true blue agricultural country have even taken to local facebook to air their fury

The EU has said that the Australian deal has reinforced its intention over the NI protocol.

It does not want adulterated food entering the SM.

This is a much better deal for Australia than it is for us. We are accepting lower standard- enjoy.
Australia allows battery hens, hormone injected beef, animals to be transported in intense heat for 48 hours with no water or food, mulesing, no cctv in abattoirs , ALL of which are illegal in the U.K. , but we don’t mind because we are so desperate for any trade deals with anyone we are prepared to throw our farmers under the Brexit bus.