Austrade has launched the Free Trade Advantage, a website to help Australian exporters enter into free trade agreements. Do you need help accessing Free Trade Advantage? View user manual (PDF 532KB) or e-mail fta@austrade.gov.au Search Documents Online General documents relating to regional trade agreements carry the WT/REG/document code. As part of the Doha Agenda trade negotiations mandate, they use TN/RL/O (additional values needed). These links open a new window: Allow a moment for the results to appear. We welcome requests for the FTA portal API and comments from those interested in FTAportalfeedback@dfat.gov.au. Austrade has published a new online portal to facilitate navigation in free trade agreements. Learn about tariff results and rules of origin for Australia`s free trade agreements through the FTA online portal. Free trade agreements (FAs) offer a competitive advantage to Australian businesses. By removing and removing certain barriers to international trade and investment, free trade agreements benefit Australian exporters, importers, producers and investors. Free trade agreements open up opportunities for Australian exporters to open new markets and expand their trade into existing industries. Ausveg praised the portal with michael Coote, National Director of Export Development, and said the training tool was an important resource to help vegetable producers export their high quality products to major overseas markets. Regional trade agreements (ATRs) have multiplied over the years and have achieved, including a significant increase in major multilateral agreements being negotiated. Non-discrimination between trading partners is one of the fundamental principles of the WTO; However, reciprocal preferential agreements between two or more partners are one of the exceptions and are allowed by the WTO subject to a number of provisions.
Information on WTO-notified ATRs is available in the RTA database. “The government has shown strong support for export-oriented market gardening companies, including negotiating favourable free trade agreements with priority markets, developing the e-learning tool for free trade and expanding the international freight assistance mechanism, which is essential to ensure that industry can remain an important contribution to the global supply chain, as the world emerges from COVID-19 in the coming years,” said Coote. With a new online tool, the horticultural sector can better misunderstand Australia`s free trade agreements. “Ausveg was one of the professional associations that was invited to test the portal to make sure it is suitable for exporting vegetable growers, and we are delighted with the quality product launched by Austrade. The portal will contain more than 40 hours of content, including export and trade resources, interactive modules, FTA digital seminars and more.