Mastodawn

Two continents. One strong partnership 🇪🇺🤝🇦🇺

After almost a decade of work, we concluded the EU–Australia Free Trade Agreement. A win on both sides.

The agreement will:
🌍 boost EU exports to Australia, with growth of 33% expected over the next decade
🌍 save €1 billion in tariffs
🌍 create new opportunities for businesses and farmers
🌍 strengthen cooperation on critical raw materials, security and defence, and research

A relationship built for the long term.

More: https://link.europa.eu/ytWPdQ

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Elric 1d ago

@EUCommission More free trade agreements with repressive regimes. Yay.

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ABT554 1d ago

@elricofmelnibone @EUCommission

Calling Australia, Rank 11 on the global democracy index, an "oppressive regime" makes me think you don't really know what the word "regime" means.

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Elric

@ABT554 Age verification. Social media crackdowns. Hate speech laws that are insanely broad in scope. IIRC there's also a weird ebike thing going on?

Not to mention the apalling treatment of many indigenous people.

Yeah, a true beacon of freedom.