In 1962 Australia and the European Union (EU) (then European Economic Community) first formally established diplomatic relations. Little more than half a century later, in a timely manner, Professor Gonzalo Villalta Puig presents a comprehensive treatise on the past, present and future of the economic relations between Australia and the EU. The treatise Economic Relations Between Australia and the European Union: Law and Policy marks the first monographic study on the strong but yet difficult nature of their mutual economic relations. It presents in a clear and at all times accessible way the highly complex web woven by both internal and external as well as bilateral and multilateral legal instruments. Additionally, it also supplements the discussion in the legal sphere with pertinent policy considerations, which themselves are shaped by historical, societal and even cultural factors prevalent in each of the two trading partners’ domestic systems.