Agriculture Minister and Labor counterpart dismiss climate target trade threats | micksfoley erykbagshaw
Australia's major trading partners are preparing to slug exports from countries that don't have deadlines to decarbonise their economies, but the federal government and Labor's agriculture spokesman dismissed the threats, saying climate targets aren't currently a concern for trade.
"[Trade Minister] Simon Birmingham and I will continue to have negotiations with our counterparts over market access for exporters," Mr Littleproud said.
Investor Group on Climate Change policy director Erwin Jackson said more than 50 per cent of Australia's two-way trade is now with countries with mid-century targets to reach net zero emissions."This is only going to grow and it's inevitable they'll start to put in place trade or other geopolitical influences to ensure trading partners meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement," he said.
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