Eight Years in the Making: The Road to the EU-Australia Trade Deal.
Eight years. That is how long it took the European Union and Australia to hammer out a trade agreement that both sides are now calling historic. Concluded on 24 March 2026, the EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement covers everything from cheese and beef to cloud software and lithium batteries. It is ambitious, it is sweeping — and it is not without controversy. But before we walk through what is in it, it is worth understanding how we got here — because the journey to this deal is almost as revealing as the deal itself. #EUAustraliaTradeDeal #AustraliaEUFTA #FreeTradeAgreement #EUtrade #AustralianPolitics #TradeDeal