Australia is on the cusp of inking a free trade deal with the United Kingdom where Scott Morrison is to touch down for the first G7 summit in two years. Farmers' access to Britain has been a key sticking point in negotiations with UK agriculture groups worried about Australian beef and lamb flooding the market. Australia has rubbished the claim, while the National Farmers' Federation estimates 0.15 per cent of all beef exports go to the UK. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, who launched negotiations when he held the trade portfolio, signalled a deal was close. "We are very, very close to an in-principle ... (full story)