{"id":773,"date":"2018-11-23T17:26:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=773"},"modified":"2018-11-23T17:26:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:26:13","slug":"zero-tariffs-top-hong-kong-trade-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/zero-tariffs-top-hong-kong-trade-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero tariffs top Hong Kong trade talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The future is looking good for Aussie farmers with zero tariffs to be locked in for agriculture exports to Hong Kong.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud said the Australia\u2013Hong Kong FTA would lock in those zero tariffs and support a $1.4 billion agricultural trade relationship.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Coalition Government is delivering new markets and better tariffs for our farmers,\u201d Minister Littleproud said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cZero tariffs for our agriculture exports to Hong Kong means we can keep exporting the high-quality produce we are known for.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cMeat, livestock, seafood and wine are some of our most valuable exports and we can now provide certainty to these industries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis FTA recognises our reputation as a supplier of clean, green world-class produce.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt is also proof of the strong agricultural relationship between Hong Kong and Australia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHong Kong is also a major gateway to the rest of East Asia and gives our farmers a way to tap into other markets.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Australian agriculture continues to benefit from FTAs signed with China (ChAFTA), Korea (KAFTA), Japan (JAEPA) and Peru (PAFTA) and will be a key beneficiary from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future is looking good for Aussie farmers with zero tariffs to be locked in for agriculture exports to Hong Kong. Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud said the Australia\u2013Hong Kong FTA would lock in those zero tariffs and support a $1.4 billion agricultural trade relationship. \u201cThe Coalition Government is delivering new markets and better tariffs &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/zero-tariffs-top-hong-kong-trade-talks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Zero tariffs top Hong Kong trade talks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}