steven ciobo joins us now. ust come out of a meeting with the international trade secretary. what do you discuss? steven: it warm and cordial conversation. this lot of political alignment between secretary fox's view and my view. you certainly saw that the g20. we had a chance to talk about what it might look like. the trade relationship, financial relationship with brexit. there is still work to be done. i wanted to reinforce australia's desire to make sure we are able to take our relationship in terms of trade to a stronger platform in the future. mark: why have you come out in your sporting evidently -- enemy? steven: there are strong historical ties between australia and u.k. we are in a position to build off that. we have high levels of investment between the two countries. the u.k. has a stock of $500 billion in australia. has $350 billion in the u.k. we can continue building on the relationship we have. long do you envision striking this deal with britain taking? steven: it is difficult to say for sure. i