Boris Johnson: Australian trade deal a ‘massive opportunity’ for British farmers
Prime Minister weighs in on row in Cabinet, which is split over how much access to offer Australian farmers in free trade agreement
19 May 2021 • 8:33pm
Boris Johnson will chair a crunch meeting of Cabinet colleagues on Thursday morning to thrash out red lines
Credit: Jessica Taylor
Boris Johnson has signalled his support for a trade deal with Australia that scraps all tariffs on meat imports, saying it would offer British farmers a "massive opportunity" to export their beef and lamb.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister weighed in on the row engulfing his Cabinet, which is bitterly split over how much access to offer Australian farmers in a bilateral free trade agreement.