The trade minister will ditch his holiday for two days of talks as he tries to get the Europeans to budge on their offer for Australian agricultural products.
Trade Minister Don Farrell is making a dash to Brussels in a bid to break a deadlock over a free trade deal with the European Union.
Australia and the European Union have been at loggerheads since talks stalled last month and Farrell left Brussels empty-handed.While the trade minister’s return to Brussels will be seen in Europe as a sign Australia is ready to negotiate, the Australian side is adamant it is the Europeans who need to improve their offer.
A woman holds a loaf of bread during a farmers’ protest in front of the Representative Office of the European Commission in April.Farrell will meet his counterpart, European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, as well as the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski. In a signal to Russia and China, Farrell also said a trade agreement between like-minded partners would be an important development at a time of “mounting geopolitical uncertainty”.
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