British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he hopes a free trade deal with Aust...
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
SYDNEY - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he hopes a free trade deal with Australia will be one of the first agreements secured now that Britain has left the European Union. Britain formally left the EU on Jan. 31, entering a transition period which will allow it to negotiate its future relationship with Brussels and begin talks with other major economies such as the United States and Japan.
“We have a trade relationship already worth 17 billion pounds but we have the potential to do so much more,” Raab told reporters in Canberra.Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Kim Coghill
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