EU and Australia clinch trade and security pacts
Both sides are looking to reduce their dependence on the US and China
Both sides are looking to reduce their dependence on the US and China

Facing hostility from its two largest trading partners, Canberra embarked on a drive to diversify

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expected to travel to Australia next month to sign agreement

Canberra pushes to increase business with south-east Asia at a time of heightened trade tensions

It is China and the US that prosper when power sets the terms for global commerce

Plan will ‘deliver long-term economic growth while boosting our already strong trade relationship’, says minister

Document formalising last month’s deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, the bloc’s officials say