Australian PM keen to ink EU free trade agreement 'as soon as possible'
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that prospects of inking a free trade agreement with the European Union were better this year than in 2024, after talks stalled in July. Discussions between Australia and the 450-million-person bloc hit a roadblock mid-year, partly over greater market access for Australian farm products like beef. Speaking in New Dehli, India late on Saturday on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) summit, Albanese said he had raised the issue with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the event and planned to raise it with French President Emmanuel Macr...