‘Once-in-a-Generation’: Sheep Sector Calls for Meaningful Australia-EU Free Trade Deal

This is the final chance Australia has to correct the restrictive and unfair quota position the EU imposed for Australia’s red meat industry.

An Australian farmer herds sheep at his property near the rural city of Tamworth, in NSW, Australia, on May 4, 2020. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

Australia’s sheep industry is urging the government to press for significant increases in market access for red meat in the Australia-European Union free trade agreement (FTA).

One week ahead of Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell meets with his EU counterpart in Osaka, Japan, the peak body for Australia’ sheep meat sector Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) urged the government continue trying to level the playing field on the EU bloc for the red meat sector, including sheep meat, beef and goat meat.