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Australia-India free trade pact at an advanced stage: Australian envoy
1-Jun-2016 New Kerala
Talks on an India-Australia free trade agreement are in an advanced stage, but Australia is currently unable to commit on a timeline for its finalisation owing to the forthcoming federal elections
Australia-Hong Kong investment ruling released in plain packaging case
26-May-2016 ICTSD
The tribunal considered that the main and determinative reason for the 2011 restructuring was in order for the tobacco giant to bring a legal claim under the BIT Treaty, using a Hong Kong-based entity.
Big Tobacco abuses investor-state dispute settlement: law expert
19-May-2016 Health Canal
“Despite the losses and defeats, tobacco companies will keep coming back for more. They will fight on regardless in order to delay and disrupt the rollout of the World Health Organization’s best-practice tobacco control measures,”
Indonesia eyes FTA with Australia in 2017, CEPA with EU in 2018
13-May-2016 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia is hoping to seal a free trade agreement ( FTA ) with Australia in 2017, followed by a comprehensive economic partnership agreement ( CEPA ) with the European Union in 2018.
America’s beef with Aussie farmers over Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
12-Apr-2016 News.com.au
American food and agriculture groups want to cut Australia out of their export markets.
Negotiation strategy shift: India, Australia could seal deal in services first, goods later
12-Apr-2016 Financial Express
India and Australia could clinch a deal in services and investments earlier than one in goods under the proposed FTA, potentially marking a departure from the past strategy of concluding goods negotiations first.
High Court the final authority? Think again
11-Apr-2016 Sidney Morning Herald
US mining company Nucoil is using a free trade agreement to put pressure on the Australian government to pay compensation over cancelled licences.
India seeks zero duty on textiles in FTA with Australia
6-Apr-2016 Fibre2Fashion
India wants zero duty on textiles, automobile parts and fresh fruit. On its part, Australia is seeking tariff reduction in dairy products, fresh fruit, pharmaceuticals and wines.
Indonesia to focus on digital economy, services
25-Mar-2016 The Jakarta Post
The government aims to boost cooperation for the digital economy and services sectors within the framework of the ongoing Indonesia-Australia comprehensive economic partnership agreement.
PACER Plus trade deal suffers a blow after PNG objections
8-Mar-2016 Radio Australia
PNG’s concerns about the current text on PACER-Plus makes common sense. Adam Wolfenden is from the Pacific Network on Globalisation, a group which has been critical of the deal explains.
PNG attacks Australia at Pacific free trade talks
2-Mar-2016 SBS
The signing of a Pacific free trade deal in June has been thrown into doubt with the largest island nation Papua New Guinea saying it favours Australia and will damage local industries.
Forget about joining TPP
9-Feb-2016 The Bangkok Post
Indigenous Maori people angry about the so-called "free trade" treaty asked Mr Key to refrain from bragging about the TPP at Waitangi Day ceremonies.
India to defer finalizing trade pact with Australia
5-Feb-2016 Live Mint
Govt thinks it may lose leveraging power by sealing a deal ahead of the RCEP pact, of which Australia is a part.
Trans-Pacific Partnership will barely benefit Australia, says World Bank report
12-Jan-2016 Sydney Morning Herald
Prepared by staff from the World Bank, the study says the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership would boost Australia’s economy by just 0.7 per cent by the year 2030.
Australia tobacco clash reverberates in EU trade talks
4-Jan-2016 Politico
The inclusion of an ISDS in an EU agreement could raise the likelihood of such cases being brought against all kinds of public interest and health protecting policies in the future.
RCEP: India offers no duty cuts on steel to China, Aus, NZ
31-Dec-2015 Business Standard
India has not offered any duty cut on steel to China, Australia and New Zealand as part of the ongoing negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.
Exports to Australia up 7.5% on FTA
29-Dec-2015
Korea’s exports to Australia rose 7.5 percent in the January-November period, in sharp contrast to the country’s overall exports which fell 7.4 percent in the same period due to sluggish global demand, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) said Tuesday.
The free trade theory versus the ...
22-Dec-2015 Fiji Times
PACER-Plus is shaping up as an agreement that won’t fit into the Pacific reality, will have weak protections for Pacific businesses and undermines the ability of governments to enact policies to support and nurture vital Pacific industries.
The dismissal of a case against plain cigarette packaging is good news for taxpayers
21-Dec-2015 The Age
I only wish to caution that we should be wary of anyone who suggests that the decision demonstrates that ISDS isn’t problematic.
Philip Morris loses case against Australia’s tobacco plain packaging law
18-Dec-2015 The Australian Financial Review
Cigarette company Philip Morris has suffered another defeat in its long-running bid to overturn Australia’s plain packaging laws.