Visiting Brussels on Thursday 8 September, Australian trade minister Steven Ciobo said Australia wanted to enter free trade talks with the EU in the first half of 2017, based on a scoping exercise due to be completed later this year.
At a press conference on Thursday, Ciobo said: "We need to find innovative ways to improve opportunities for growth. In that respect, Australia is a fierce advocate when it comes to the benefits of free trade and the deal that can be done between the EU and...