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Australia and the European Union: Trends and Current Synergies

Murray, P ; Matera, M (Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, 2019)

Australia’s relationship with the European Union (EU) has reached a milestone. With the multi-faceted Framework Agreement (FA) signed in 2017, the bilateral relationship has moved to a treaty level engagement and offers opportunities to strengthen EU-Australia actions and interests on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues. Significant challenges place the relationship at a critical juncture. Faced with the changing strategic priorities and interest of the United States’ (US) international role; the continued rise of China; and increasing regional and global instability, Australia and the EU have the opportunity to enhance their cooperation to tackle these and other challenges. In addition, Brexit presents a degree of uncertainty as to the nature of the United Kingdom’s (UK) future relationship with the EU and with the rest of the world.
Australia and the European Union: Towards Deeper Engagement

Murray, P ; Matera, M (Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, 2019)

The relationship of the European Union (EU) with Australia is characterised by recent achievements, with a significant Framework Agreement and negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At the same time, there remain some challenges in engagement, given they have some differences of interests and concerns.