![26m ago14.06 AEDT
Canavan says EU FTA ‘worst trade deal ever’
Nationals leader Matt Canavan says he’s been speaking to farmers today, and has branded the free trade agreement with the EU the “worst trade deal ever”.
He says the deal has led to no “meaningful increase” of market access to farmers, who he says were pushing for more Australian product to be exported to the EU.
Speaking to reporters in Parliament House, he’s deeply critical of the government, and says the government has conceded too much.
They [Labor] made a promise to Australian farmers that they would only sign a good deal, not any deal. Well today the govt has broken that promise with au farmers because clearly they have signed “any deal”.
He says the Coalition has always “held out” and refused sub-par deals when negotiating on previous agreements.
This government has thrown out that history today by just signing any deal and on that measure, in our history, this deal must go down as the worst trade deal ever.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rrigcgajvpkngw5ewsmqznjj/bafkreidagljf6r5fqf47nlc3capn4nwiu6t5e4bkxzwhowfdaps6c6rfda)
26m ago14.06 AEDT Canavan says EU FTA ‘worst trade deal ever’ Nationals leader Matt Canavan says he’s been speaking to farmers today, and has branded the free trade agreement with the EU the “worst trade deal ever”. He says the deal has led to no “meaningful increase” of market access to farmers, who he says were pushing for more Australian product to be exported to the EU. Speaking to reporters in Parliament House, he’s deeply critical of the government, and says the government has conceded too much. They [Labor] made a promise to Australian farmers that they would only sign a good deal, not any deal. Well today the govt has broken that promise with au farmers because clearly they have signed “any deal”. He says the Coalition has always “held out” and refused sub-par deals when negotiating on previous agreements. This government has thrown out that history today by just signing any deal and on that measure, in our history, this deal must go down as the worst trade deal ever.
The #Notionals leader Caravan disappointed that the EU will not be buying 100 trillion tonnes of #coal from Australia ... and something about farmers ... #AusPol
"Clearly the worst trade deal in the history of the universe, biggly" 😆
