9-Feb-2011
Mainichi
"Essentially, a deal with Australia is a prerequisite for participation in the TPP, making this a do-or-die moment for the Japanese administration," says the Mainchi Daily News
8-Feb-2011
Arirang
Japan and Australia resumed talks on Monday on their proposed Economic Partnership Agreement, or preferred trade arrangement, after they fell apart ten months ago.
3-Feb-2011
The Nation
Thailand will soon start talks with Australia on opening up the two countries’ markets to more goods and services under their five-year-old free-trade agreement.
31-Jan-2011
LiveMint
Concerns over attacks on Indian students in Australia and Australia’s refusal to supply uranium to India have delayed free trade talks between the two countries.
19-Jan-2011
MJA
Of particular concern is that proposed TPPA multilateral
investor–state dispute settlement procedures would allow
US corporations (as well as those of other TPPA nations) to
obtain damages against Australian governments through
international arbitral proceedings if their investments are
impeded by Australian public health and environment
protection legislation.
16-Jan-2011
Big tobacco is hoping a new multilateral free trade agreement will enable it to sue the Federal Government if Australia introduces plain packaging for cigarettes in mid-2012 as planned.
9-Jan-2011
NZ Herald
Thirty years after officials began seriously negotiating the ground-breaking transtasman closer relations agreement, Australia is having doubts about the value of bilateral trade deals.
14-Dec-2010
ABC
"Oversold" and failing to deliver any real benefits to business. That’s the Productivity Commission’s damning conclusion about Australia’s six bilateral and regional trade agreements.
13-Dec-2010
The positives of free trade agreements have been oversold and the way the deals are done needs to be improved, the Productivity Commission has found.
13-Dec-2010
A year-long investigation of Australia’s free trade agreements has found they are often nothing of the kind.
13-Dec-2010
The Productivity Commission has released a report backing Trade Minister Craig Emerson’s critique of many free trade agreements.
10-Dec-2010
AAP
Australia’s federal government wants to introduce trade reform that focuses less on geopolitical concerns and more on national productivity.
3-Dec-2010
Scoop
"The TPPA proposal is being sold as a new agreement for the 21st century. In fact, the US is effectively setting the terms for negotiations, based on a standard template that replicates the US North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) model."
24-Nov-2010
AP
Japan and Australia on Tuesday agreed to make a "fresh start" on stalled negotiations for a free trade deal after the Japanese government embraced a less protectionist trade policy this month.
4-Nov-2010
Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Australia have agreed to begin negotiations to create a framework for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to further enhance trade and investment exchanges between both countries.
2-Nov-2010
The Star
Malaysia and Australia have agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by next year to further improve trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.
29-Oct-2010
The Star
The free trade agreement (FTA) talks between Australia and Malaysia are likely to be concluded by mid-2011.
19-Oct-2010
IBT
China and Australia remain well apart in glacial negotiations on a free trade deal, especially in the agriculture and services sectors, a senior Australian trade official said on Monday.
22-Sep-2010
AAP
Australia’s National Farmers Federation president David Crombie says Korea has agreements with Australia’s two biggest competitors, the United States and the European Union, which could sideline Australian farm exports once ratified.
20-Sep-2010
Stock & Land
Australian businesses feel they are getting little benefit from free trade agreements negotiated by the federal government and think there are better ways to help companies competing abroad.
