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Trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom's promises of more jobs and prosperity for EU are vague - the reality is large agri-businesses in Australia and New Zealand eyeing a new market (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Going south? EU and Australia/New Zealand deal

In recent years the EU's international trade policy has provoked considerable controversy and intense public debate across the continent.

After launching trade talks with various degrees of progress, with the US on TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), Canada on CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement), Japan on JEFTA (Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement), the Commission is currently gearing up to begin negotiating se...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom's promises of more jobs and prosperity for EU are vague - the reality is large agri-businesses in Australia and New Zealand eyeing a new market (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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