Australia eyes UK, India for sheep meat trade ahead of live export ban
Tom RabeWA political correspondent
The Australian government is eyeing a burgeoning sheep meat trade with the United Kingdom, United States and China as it prepares to phase out live export of the animals to the Middle East.
A timeline on the closure of the live sheep export industry is expected to be handed down this year, stoking major concern among West Australian farmers, who have relied on sales to the Middle East for decades.
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