🇪🇺💪 This strategy is vital for the EU's competitiveness and open economy. But we can't do this alone. We need partners. Trade agreements, the EU's global gateway programme and global WTO rules-based trade are key to obtain economic security.

Would you like to know more about the brand new tool the EU has at its disposal to fight coercion? Look no further ! 👇

Delighted by this historic decision of the EU Council to authorise the 🇪🇺's signature of the EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement ⬇️ #NZCloseToEU #StrongerTogether #FTA

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Border #carbon adjustment measures aim to prevent carbon leakage by charging a fee on imported carbon-intensive goods based on their GHG #emissions and carbon pricing: Christophe Bellmann, Peter Draper, Veena Jha tinyurl.com/mrxfeuuc

New agreements at the WTO ? ✅ In 2021, the global services trade deal on behind-the-border barriers concluded ✅ In 2022, the fisheries subsidies treaty concluded … and, just today, ✅ the 2023 Investment Facilitation negotiations concluded That’s called momentum.

James Baxter Alexander Downer Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Anabel Gonzalez Xiangchen Zhang Jean-Marie Paugam Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 DFAT Trade Talk 🇦🇺 Institute for International Trade WTO Exactly right George. Australia's role as a middle power supporter of the multilateral rules-based order also doesn't get the attention it deserves. Congratulations on your significant role in these successes.

Congratulations to all parties for concluding the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement! This proves that the rules-based international trading system is still capable of delivering results. @ax_berger James Baxter Peter Draper DFAT Trade Talk 🇦🇺 protect-au.mimecast.com/s/JLg2C4QO0qio…

Today, the Handbook on Investing in #Cambodia was launched by 🇦🇺 Special Envoy for #SoutheastAsia Nicholas Moore & 🇰🇭 CDC's Sec-Gen Sok Chenda Sophea. The Handbook is a new guide to encourage investment in 🇰🇭 and 🇦🇺 values the close collaboration between the two countries!

Super to have Prime Minister Albanese in Berlin to focus his discussion with Chancellor Scholz on these critical topics.

Round 3!

Hopefully the EU-Australia FTA deal will be landed!

A privilege to accompany PM Albanese to the NATO Summit in Vilnius to discuss shared challenges in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

To be able to host PM Anthony Albanese in my last week as Ambassador to Germany was a perfect culmination of my assignment. With Australia joining the Climate Club, the Boxer deal & 🇩🇪 hosting 100 🇦🇺 personnel & a E-7A Wedgetail to support 🇺🇦, the 🇦🇺-🇩🇪 relationship is stronger than ever.

EU Trade 🇪🇺 Institute for International Trade WTO Too bad French and Irish farmers don't see it that way 🤔.

Did I mention that #NewZealand released its three-year review of the implementation of CPTPP against metrics established through the Inclusive Trade Action Group? Worth a read mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-r…

And here’s the Tamaki Makaurau joint Ministerial Declaration, which Oz is now intending to join mfat.govt.nz/assets/Trade-a…

A big moment as the UK joins the significant #CPTPP agreement, driving deeper global trade reform This big step reinforces the #CPTPP project And it reinforces rules-based approaches to global trade built on WTO rules.

Trade plays a powerful role in Fiji’s economy. And #Fiji plays a powerful role in the global trading system. A powerful voice in supporting #OurOcean, trade and environment and in so many other areas. “Bula”, Team Fiji, to Geneva

Abu Dhabi can and must be our first genuine @WTO Reform Ministerial. It should help us chart a course forward on the future of the global trading system. Read Australia’s statement here👇🏼