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We’ve nothing to gain from US trade deal
23-Mar-2010 SMH
Why is the Rudd government entering into new free trade negotiations with the Obama administration? Australia has nothing to gain except a further erosion of our sovereignty and Barack Obama lacks authority from Congress to undertake a binding agreement.
Feasibility study on Indo-Australian FTA to be finalised by April
17-Mar-2010
The feasibility study on the Indo-Australian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be finalised by April this year with both governments expected to begin negotiations soon, according to a top Australian official.
Danger and little democracy in new trade agreement with the US
17-Mar-2010 Online Opinion
Surveys have consistently shown that most Australians consider the Free Trade Agreement the Howard government signed with the US in 2004 was a bad deal. So why would any Australian government want another trade deal with the US?
Fourth Round of Korea-Australia FTA Kicks off in Seoul
15-Mar-2010
A fourth round of free trade negotiations between Korea and Australia is scheduled to open in Seoul, Monday.
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks a milestone: Crean
15-Mar-2010
The first step to an Asia-Pacific-wide trade pact will be taken on Monday, with officials from eight nations meeting in Melbourne.
Mind the gap: benefits from free trade haven’t quite gone the distance
3-Mar-2010 SMH
Five years on, it is clear the free trade agreement between Australia and the United States was a dud. Despite the fanfare with which the Howard government introduced it, no tangible benefits have resulted for Australia.
China-Australia trade talks to resume
18-Feb-2010 Radio Australia
Chinese trade negotiators are due in Australia next week to resume talks on a free trade agreement. This will be the 14th round of talks in what has been a painfully slow process with "two to three more years" to go. Report from Radio Australia.
Timing isn’t everything in free trade deals
22-Jan-2010 ABC Rural
A former Australian trade negotiator says farmers should not be concerned that trade deals have not been signed with three key Australian export markets.
Free trade does little for Australia
13-Jan-2010 Fruitnet.com
Five years into a free trade deal between Australia and the US and horticulture industry insiders say not much has changed
ASEAN trade deal under fire
8-Jan-2010 Fruitnet.com
Australia’s free trade agreement with ASEAN is in effect, but Nationals leader Warren Truss sees the deal as a one-way street
Australia, New Zealand free trade agreement with Asean starts
4-Jan-2010 Bloomberg
Australia’s free trade agreement with New Zealand and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations came into effect, removing tariffs on grape exports to Malaysia and wheat sales to the Philippines.
Greens on FTA with Japan
16-Dec-2009 Big Pond News
Australia should not agree to a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan unless the Asian nation stops whaling in the Southern Ocean, the Australian Greens say.
Australia to review impact of bilateral and regional trade agreements
27-Nov-2009 The Gov Monitor
The review will examine the effects of bilateral and regional trade agreements on Australia’s trade and economic performance.
China trade talks ’very pleasing’: Crean
20-Nov-2009
Australia’s breakthrough with China on another round of negotiations on a free trade agreement after a 12 month lag is "very pleasing", Trade Minister Simon Crean says.
Japan to feed political will, break rigidity in free trade talks
7-Nov-2009
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday that Japan must feed political will to break the country’s rigidity that has been seen in some of its talks with other economies for trade and investment liberalization.
Australia-Malaysia FTA Should Be Comprehensive - Envoy
3-Nov-2009
Australia is looking forward to a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia but has set no timeframe to conclude negotiations on it.
China pushes trade pact as Vice-Premier Li Keqiang visits
30-Oct-2009
China has signalled it wants fast progress on stalled free trade agreement talks with Australia and to use the "unique" relationship between the countries as a model for Beijing’s relations with other countries.
ASEAN to study free trade pact: officials
25-Oct-2009 AFP
East Asian nations (ASEAN+3: China, Japan, Korea) are to carry out a feasibility study for a huge free trade zone, officials said at a summit Saturday. A separate study for a wider economic partnership also covering India, Australia and New Zealand (ASEAN+6) would be carried out in tandem.
Japan, Australia ‘test’ Asia leaders with trade bloc plans
25-Oct-2009 Bloomberg
Japan and Australia outlined competing visions for an East Asian trade bloc during a 16- nation summit in Thailand, offering plans that differ on what role the US will play.
Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009 The Age
In every Australian free trade agreement the results have been dismal.