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Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China

Empty bench It has been one of the most forecast developments in geo-economics, but the World Trade Organisation is about to finally suffer the crippling blow of its appeals process coming to a halt. On 11 December, the trade court will no longer have enough judges to issue the binding rulings that

By Greg Earl

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Economic diplomacy: New trade agenda, Chinese rhinos, Made in ASEAN

Ninety per cent free Australia’s election campaign might have been largely devoid of international affairs debate, but the Liberal Party did release a low-key trade policy which provides some insights into where the new government will take what it calls commercial diplomacy. It is worth

By Greg Earl

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Spilt milk: protecting exports during drought

Drought is an unavoidable hazard of farming in Australia. As the economic pressure mounts from the current drought in northern New South Wales and Queensland, there is increasing stress on farmers in the region, including in the dairy industry. The federal government has stepped in with

By Tristan Kenderdine

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CPTPP wobbles over foreign investor rights

With the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) now signed and awaiting ratification by the member states, the issue of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is again being debated. The high-profile opinion-catalysing group GetUp is encouraging

By Stephen Grenville

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Donald Trump, trade, and Malcolm Turnbull in the middle

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

By Roland Rajah

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Behind the Australia–Canada ‘wine war’

Australia has formally lodged a complaint against restrictions some Canadian provinces have placed on the sale of imported wine in grocery stores, in what has been described, somewhat dramatically, as a 'wine war'. Australia's action was described in the Ottawa Sun under the headline&

By Mike Callaghan

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Staying competitive in a global economy

This is the second in a three-part series on the future of world trade from a global (part 1), Asia Pacific (part 2) and Australian (part 3) perspective. The toughest message free marketeers have to get across is that encouraging others to open markets is not as important ensuring our economy is

By Alan Oxley

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Australia-Japan trade relations: From mines to the lab and back

The stability of Australia’s commercial relationship with Japan conceals some significant developments. Japan, one of our most dependable customers, was our top export market for many decades and today remains second only to China. The mutual trust anchoring our trading relationship has, in turn

By Steven Ciobo

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Economic diplomacy brief: Who’s our biggest partner, Asian business capability, Globalisation 2.0

Buying friends The debate over Australia’s most valuable economic partners hit fever pitch this month with new arguments over old measuring sticks for an increasingly contested aspect of international relations. There is no absolute way of resolving this debate which involves value judgements

By Greg Earl

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Prioritising trading blocs over nation states

While there are natural cultural and institutional ties between Australia and the United Kingdom, it would be folly to choose the UK over the European Union; Australia’s trade with both the Asia-Pacific and the European Union must take priority over any favours to colonial history. As the United

By Tristan Kenderdine

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Gold standard trade deal is now littered with many pitfalls

Gold standard trade deal is now littered with many pitfalls Leon Berkelmans Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 2015

By Leon Berkelmans

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G20 Monitor: The G20’s growth agenda

This issue of the G20 Monitor provides a guide to the policies that G20 members will have to tackle to achieve the G20’s 2 per cent growth target, drawing on the recommendations of the IMF, OECD and a number of international think tanks

By Mike Callaghan, Stephen Grenville, Barry Carin, Ye Yu, Maria Monica Wihardja, Fabrizio Carmignani, Paolo Magri, Andrés Rozental, Sergey Drobyshevsky, Peter Draper, Stephen Pickford, Matthew P. Goodman, Rei Tang

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G20 Brisbane Summit Form Guide: What will make the Summit a success?

In this Lowy Institute Analysis, G20 Studies Centre Director Mike Callaghan examines what outcomes from the Brisbane G20 Summit in November would help reinvigorate the forum and render this year's Summit a success

By Mike Callaghan

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Australia's Trade

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Spilt milk: protecting exports during drought

CPTPP wobbles over foreign investor rights

Donald Trump, trade, and Malcolm Turnbull in the middle

Behind the Australia–Canada ‘wine war’

Staying competitive in a global economy

Australia-Japan trade relations: From mines to the lab and back

Economic diplomacy brief: Who’s our biggest partner, Asian business capability, Globalisation 2.0

Prioritising trading blocs over nation states

Gold standard trade deal is now littered with many pitfalls

G20 Monitor: The G20’s growth agenda

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