Trade Trade

Bickering over beef sees EU-Australia trade talks break down a second time

By Koen Verhelst and James Panichi
  • 30 Oct 2023 11:38
  • 30 Oct 2023 11:38
With a free trade deal virtually ready to be signed, market-access demands ended up tanking final talks between Australia and the European Union before they even started. Any deal is now unlikely before the European Parliament elections in June.
The two sides have a different explanation as to why the

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James Panichi

Senior Editor, Asia Pacific


James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the European operation of US political website Politico as an investigative reporter specializing in governance, transparency and lobbying.

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