Australia–European Union relations

Relations between the Commonwealth of Australia and the European Union (EU) are founded on a Partnership Framework, first agreed in 2008.

Australia's exports are dominated by mineral and agricultural goods, while 37% of trade is in commercial services, especially transportation and travel.

These companies directly created 500,000 jobs [citation needed] in Australia.

[3] In August 2019, Australian Senator Simon Birmingham, released a list of names that the EU wants to protect as a part of its new trade deal.

This concept of segregation is known as “geographical indications” or Gis, which will change the name of commodity in regards to the country of its origin.

Monthly value of Australian merchandise exports to the European Union ( A$ millions) since 1988
Monthly value of EU merchandise exports to Australia ( A$ millions) since 1988