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Not much free about this “free” trade agreement
6-Mar-2009 Global Trade Watch
What right does the Australian government have to impose a free trade agreement on the peoples of ASEAN, without any sort of systems in place to represent their views or interests (rather than the views or interests of their rulers) in negotiations? And how many Australians want a free trade agreement with vicious, murderous regimes like Burma’s military junta anyway?
New Asian cattle trade deal
6-Mar-2009 Weekly Times
Australia’s red meat and live cattle export trade to South-East Asia received a boost last week, with the signing of a new trade deal.
Beef industry keen to see Korean FTA signed
6-Mar-2009 ABC
Australia’s beef industry will be the big winner if free trade talks between the Government and South Korea are successful.
Education outcomes of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
5-Mar-2009
Normally the services chapter of an FTA covers movement of persons from one country to another in order to supply a service. This FTA is unusual because it contains both a chapter on trade in services and a separate chapter, and accompanying schedule of commitments, in respect of the movement of natural persons.
South Korean president supports Aust FTA
4-Mar-2009 TVNZ
South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak Lee will announce the start of formal negotiations towards a free trade agreement with Australia in Canberra on Thursday.
Law professor criticises new FTA
2-Mar-2009 TVNZ
A new 12-member free trade agreement between New Zealand, Australia and the 10 ASEAN countries has not got everybody’s stamp of approval. The agreement has been welcomed by groups such as Federated Farmers of New Zealand. However, Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey says negative aspects of the agreement are being ignored.
Australia-ASEAN-NZ FTA (2009)
1-Mar-2009
Trade deal signed at ASEAN summit
1-Mar-2009 Al Jazeera
Australia and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — one of Asia’s largest trade arrangements.
ASEAN to sign trade pact with Australia, NZ
27-Feb-2009 IHT
Southeast Asian economic ministers signed two pacts on trade and investment Thursday and plan to ink a free trade pact with Australia and New Zealand at an annual summit, where they have vowed to resist protectionism amid the global economic slump.
Indonesia details Australia, New Zealand tariff cuts
26-Feb-2009 Reuters
Indonesia has agreed to cut import tariffs on range of products from Australia and New Zealand starting this year as part of a wider free-trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations
China FTA needed: Crean
19-Feb-2009
China needs to come back to the table on a free trade agreement with Australia to improve the investment climate between the two countries, says Trade Minister Simon Crean.
Australia, Indonesia discuss free trade
19-Feb-2009 9News
Australia and Indonesia are tipped to give the green light to talks on a free trade deal as ministers from both countries gather in Sydney to consider ways to enhance already strong ties.
Government to sign free trade agreement
13-Feb-2009 Tempo
The government of Indonesia stated that it will go ahead and sign the ASEAN free trade agreement with Australia and New Zealand on February 27.
Closer ties, larger markets: Examining the ASEAN FTAs
13-Feb-2009
Background paper on the ASEAN free trade agreements with special focus on the ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand FTA. Soon to be published in the Philippine Natural Resources Journal of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Philippines
Chile FTA to open market up to meat, wine and dairy exports
11-Feb-2009 AFN
The Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement is set to come into force on 6 March, 2009, allowing a host of Australian exporters a greater opportunity to enter a growing market.
Trade: Aust, NZ push trade agenda in region
10-Feb-2009 Islands Business
Governments in Australia and New Zealand are keen to assure Pacific nations that relations with the region are marked by ‘shared development goals’, but as Maureen Penjueli writes, the islands’ ‘big brothers’ have been pushing an agenda of their own—especially when it comes to negotiating a regional free trade agreement.
NGO advises govt to be cautious over FTA with Aus, NZ
10-Feb-2009 Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government should act “wiser and more cautious” before signing a new free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia and New Zealand this month, a local non-government economic watchdog insisted during a press conference in Diponegoro, Central Jakarta Monday.
Australia to check US-Australia FTA for American protectionism
5-Feb-2009 Xinhua
Australia will examine its free trade deal with the United States to see if Washington is flouting its obligations under the pact if the United States adopts a "Buy American" clause for new stimulus projects.
Australia, S Korea a step closer to FTA
2-Feb-2009 AAP
South Korea and Australia have taken another step towards signing a free trade agreement (FTA), despite the ongoing global economic crisis.
Indonesian asks ASEAN to postpone signing FTA agreements with Australia, New Zealand
31-Jan-2009 People’s Daily
The Indonesian Industry Ministry demanded a postponement of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to protect Indonesian local industry, said an official here on Thursday.