In a submission to the office of trade negotiations in the federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), WoolProducers Australia raised concerns about animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance articles in the draft text of the agreement.

In a covering letter to the submission, Jo Hall, chief executive officer of WoolProducers, said including the articles could require unwarranted practice changes and increase production costs for woolgrowers if the EU imposed compliance or accreditation systems once the agreement was in place.