‘No second chance’: Trade chief’s call to arms amid fears for EU FTA

Australia’s trade chief is calling on farmers and businesses alike to tell the Coalition what the $10bn-a-year free trade deal with the EU “means to you” amid concerns the opposition may try to sink it in parliament. Canberra and Brussels finalised terms for the Australia-EU free trade agreement (FTA) in March, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen navigating airspaces shuttered by conflict to formally close almost a decade of talks. The deal, which parliament must ratify, will slash levies on 97.8 per cent of Australian exports to the EU. But Trade Minister Don Farrell on Wednesday warned “it…