Comments attributable to NFF Interim Chief Executive Su McCluskey
The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) welcomes the decision by the United States to remove tariffs applied to a range of global agricultural goods, including from Australia.
The NFF has long championed free and fair trade, not just for agriculture but all industries, recognising its role in global economic growth, stability and food security. Australian agriculture is unwavering in its commitment to this.
The US is a key trading partner for Australian agriculture - particularly for beef, wine and sheepmeat - and is central to global trading frameworks.
While the sector's exports have shown resilience over the course of the past months, today's announcement is a sensible step that brings us back into line with the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, which provides for zero tariffs on two-way trade.
The US and Australia have a deep and multifaceted agricultural relationship spanning goods and services trade, deep investment, two-way flows and people-to-people links.
Farmers and Australia's interests are best served by a free, fair and predictable global trading environment.
