Supply Chain Research

The U.K. and Australia have published the details of their trade deal agreement in principle. That’s a long way from a completed, ratified text with months of haggling over issues such as tariff schedules to follow as well as uncertain parliamentary approval. Contentious issues in controversial products such as beef and dairy have been agreed though others including pork products such as sausages (or ‘snags’ in Australian slang) do yet appear to have been resolved. Total Australian exports of beef have been in decline, falling by 21.9% year over year in the 12 months to April 30, though ...