Landmark China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Media release, 17 Nov 2014, Australian Minister for Trade and Investment, The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP

The landmark China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) will unlock substantial new benefits for Australians for years to come. Tariffs will also be removed on a range of Australian resources and energy products, including the eight per cent tariff on aluminium oxide on the first day of the Agreement, benefitting our exports worth around $1.3 billion a year. Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb and Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng today signed a Declaration of Intent in the presence of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Parliament House in Canberra.

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