Protecting Portuguese farmers in case of market disturbances

While it opens new opportunities, the agreement also protects Europe’s farmers:

It limits the amount of sensitive agri-food products (such as beef, sheep meat, rice and dairy, subjecting some of them to sustainability conditions.The EU can impose reinforced safeguard measures in case of a surge in imports, including for the most sensitive agri-food products imported from Australia.No agri-food products from Australia can enter the EU if they do not respect all the EU’s high health and safety standards.