Australia failed to finalize a free-trade agreement with the European Union during negotiations in Japan at the weekend, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said Monday. “I came to Osaka with the ...

Canberra — Australia has rejected European Union proposals for a free trade agreement, and a deal is now unlikely to be reached for several years, Australian government ministers said Monday. The ...

Political events of the past week in the Australian state of Queensland have provided a graphic picture of the extent to which the top trade union bureaucrats control the country’s Labor governments.

Trade Minister Don Farrell emerged from talks with EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and the bloc’s Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen declaring negotiators had narrowed the remaining gaps, ...