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With Australia deal, EU stresses geopolitical big picture over farm lobbying

By Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet ( March 24, 2026, 15:11 GMT | Insight) -- By signing a trade deal with Australia, its third free-trade agreement this year, Europe hopes to cut its dependencies on countries such as China and the US. In particular on access to critical raw materials, Australia offers opportunities. While the European farming lobby is unhappy with the agricultural elements of the deal, making a potential quick turn-around hard to foresee, the European Commission has shown it is looking to broader horizons.The EU’s newly announced trade deal with Australia signals Brussels’ willingness to accept short-term political pain, with its farming lobby opposed to the agreement, in exchange for longer-term geopolitical gains....

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