Fed: Cabinet gives general approval of FTA =5

AAP General News (Australia)
02-09-2004
Fed: Cabinet gives general approval of FTA =5

Mr Howard said it was an important day in Australia's economic life.

"We are building further for our strong and more prosperous future," he said.

Mr Howard said he would have been condemned if he had turned his back on the deal just
for the sake of sugar.

"For us to have turned our back on this generational opportunity because we didn't
get every single thing we wanted would have been a mistake," he said.

"It would have been recreant to the national …