British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hopes Australia will be in the first wave of free trade deals his country can secure in the post-Brexit era. Australia was Mr Raab's first port of call after the UK finally concluded its Brexit negotiations at the end of January. Mr Raab - who will also be visiting Japan, Singapore and Malaysia - said this is part of the "Global Britain" initiative. Story: https://7news.link/387a1TO #UnitedKingdom #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

Secretary of State Dominic Raab speaking today on #Brexit negotiations and the government's no deal contingency planning. Read his full statement - https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/secretary-of-state-statement-to-parliament-september-4th-2018 | Department for Exiting the European Union