Birmingham hosts trade deal negotiations

Updated June 27 2019 - 4:48am, first published 4:46am
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is hoping to finalise the world's largest trade deal this year.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is hoping to finalise the world's largest trade deal this year.

Representatives from 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, India and Australia will meet in Melbourne to finalise details of an ambitious trade deal that sidelines the US.