Australia-Hong Kong Free-Trade Deal Signed

Australia-Hong Kong Free-Trade Deal Signed
Senator Simon Birmingham at Parliament House on November 28, 2017 in Canberra, Australia. Michael Masters/Getty Images
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Hong Kong already has the greatest concentration of Australian businesses outside Australia but it will now be easier to compete in the Asian city thanks to a new free-trade deal.

The deal, signed on March 26 morning, joins the Indonesia and Peru agreements waiting to be ratified when the new parliament sits after the May federal election.