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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Friday, 21 January 2022 to Friday, 18 February 2022
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- FTA01 - Federation of Small Businesses Cymru PDF 562 KB View as HTML (1) 46 KB
- FTA02 - Farmers’ Union of Wales PDF 215 KB
- FTA03 - Make UK PDF 319 KB
- FTA04 - National Farmers' Union Cymru PDF 959 KB
- FTA05 - RSPCA Cymru PDF 315 KB
- FTA06 - Four Paws PDF 985 KB
- FTA07 - Welsh Local Government Association PDF 252 KB View as HTML (7) 32 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee gathered views on The UK-Australia Free Trade
Agreement
Purpose of the Consultation
On 16 December 2021, the UK and Australian governments
signed the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement following an Agreement in
Principle reached in June 2021. This is the first trade deal the UK has
negotiated and finalised from scratch since the UK left the European Union.
The Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee
scrutinised the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement. The Committee asked for
stakeholder views on the Agreement and its likely impact on Wales. The
Committee was particularly interested in hearing about the economic,
environmental and social impacts of the Agreement
The Committee welcomed views on any or all of the issues
covered in the terms of reference, and in particular on the following
questions:
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>>>How will
this Agreement impact you, your business or your organisation?
>>>What is
the likely impact of the agreement on the economy and specific sectors in
Wales?
>>>What are
the likely social and environmental impacts of the Agreement?
>>>What are
the likely impacts of the Agreement’s provisions on trade in agricultural
products on the agricultural and food sector in Wales?
>>>What
support will your business or organisation need from the Welsh and UK
governments to respond to and prepare for the implementation of the Agreement?
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The deadline for submissions to this inquiry was 18 February 2022.
For clarity, there was no designated form for submissions
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565