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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Martina Bet

Tory who helped do Aussie trade deal blasts it as 'not very good' and 'failure'

The post-Brexit trade deal with Australia "was not actually a very good deal" as the UK "gave away far too much for far too little in return", an ex-Cabinet minister who helped negotiate it has admitted.

George Eustice spoke about the need to recognise the "failures" of the Department for International Trade (DiT) during the negotiations with Australia.

The former Environment Secretary said the UK did not actually need to give Australia nor New Zealand full liberalisation in beef and sheep as "it was not in our economic interest to do so".

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