。随着联盟反对党表示可能阻止该协议，前总理敦促其坚持自由贸易价值。堪培拉 — — 前自由党总理马尔科姆·特恩布尔敦促其党支持澳大利亚-欧盟自由贸易协定，因为民族党正在施压其联盟伙伴，以帮助在议会中阻止该协议。
Malcolm Turnbull urges Australian Liberals to pass EU free trade deal As Coalition opposition signals it may block the deal, the former prime minister urges it stick to free trade values CANBERRA — Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged his party to back the Australia-EU free trade agreement, as the Nationals press their Coalition partners to help block it in parliament.
阿尔巴尼斯政府及贸易部长唐·法雷尔一直在加大压力，要求自由民族联盟批准该协议，警告称经过10年谈判后，该协议已无法改进，他们估算该协议每年将为经济带来100亿澳元的提振。
The Albanese government and trade minister Don Farrell have been ramping up the pressure for the Liberal-National Coalition to sign off on the deal, warning after 10 years of negotiations it is not possible to improve the deal, which it calculates will boost the economy by 10 billion Australian dollars a year. .
周五，民族党领袖马特·卡纳万宣布，联盟两党均反对该协议 — — 在影子内阁或联盟党团讨论此事之前。其言论在自由党内部造成分裂：一方是支持商业团体、赞成该协议的亲自由贸易温和派；另一方是支持民族党及其核心选民农民的保守派。
On Friday Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, declared both Coalition parties oppose the deal — before either the shadow cabinet or Coalition party room had discussed the matter. The comments have split the Liberals, between pro-free trade moderates who side with business groups in favor of the deal, and conservatives who have backed the Nationals and their core constituency, farmers.
特恩布尔对《政治》杂志表示，澳大利亚应“抓住每一个机会，增加澳大利亚出口商的市场准入”。
Turnbull told POLITICO that Australia should “seize every opportunity to increase market access for Australian exporters.”