News: trade
Realising the trade and investment potential between Thailand and Australia
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Trade experts are recommending that Australia’s ties with Thailand need to be refreshed in the light of the changing trade and political landscape in South-East Asia.
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Significant losses in Australia-China trade call for resilience
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Australia-China relations have deteriorated sharply in the last three years, most visibly because of China’s formal and informal bans on some important Australian commodity exports which have caused significant losses.
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Should Australia join the emerging club of carbon trading nations?
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Australia’s exports risk being hit with environmental charges if it doesn’t move quickly in the face of trade mechanisms being considered by climate-progressive nations as they seek to prevent the leakage of jobs and investment to climate laggard nations.
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Australia must improve trade strategy in face of China coercion
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A new report from the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade says China is guilty of economic coercion and discriminatory purchasing amidst souring relations with Australia.
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New trade agreement opens door for Pacific bubble and rule of law
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A ground-breaking trade agreement set to come into force on 13 December 2020 could open the door for a regional travel corridor between Australia, New Zealand and most Pacific Island countries, while reinforcing the importance of a rules-based trade order in the Pacific.
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