First report - Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture

Select Committee
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee HC 23 17 June 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 16 items (13 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 16 of 16 classified)
Accepted 5
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 8
Deferred 2
Clear

Recommendations

1 results
3 Accepted in Part
Para 25
In future negotiations the Government should ensure that its approach to negotiating changes to tariff...
Recommendation
In future negotiations the Government should ensure that its approach to negotiating changes to tariff free access to the UK meat market is more sophisticated than just weight of gross products and can differentiate between different cuts of meat—by using … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government states each FTA is bespoke and may include equivalence approaches, like Carcass Weight Equivalent, but there is no inherent advantage and final outcomes will depend on negotiations. They cite the UK-Australia trade deal includes an alternative mechanism for sheep meat to give added protections to UK producers.
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