Brexit and Article 50
08 Jul 2019
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Kathryn Campbell announced as the new DFAT Secretary; the fifth anniversary of the South China Sea Abritral Award; more COVID-19 assistance to Fiji, Vietnam, and Samoa; a new Austrade office in the Netherlands; Exercise Talisman Sabre kicks off; and more.
After ransacking Labour, Johnson pledges to reshape the Tories into a “People’s Party” and build strong new relationships with Europe.
Prior to the UK’s accession to the then European Economic Community, Australia was a significant supplier of Britain’s food. Will Brexit usher in a new regime, restoring Australian farmers’ access to the British market?