SYDNEY: A free trade deal between the European Union and Australia has unraveled despite early optimism, with Canberra saying on Monday it could take years until negotiations resume.

Since 2018 the painstaking discussions have picked through everything from chemicals to cosmetics, but have repeatedly come unstuck over market access for Australian products such as beef and sheep meat.

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