Australia
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26-mar-2019 Australian Financial Review
Australian faces free trade agreement pressure to cut emissions
Australia is set to come under increased pressure on climate change after French officials insisted the Morrison government’s carbon emissions targets are not ambitious enough to fully comply with the Paris agreement.
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26-mar-2019 Mercury
Australia-Hong Kong free-trade deal signed
Australia will now be easier to compete in the Asian city because a new free-trade deal with Hong Kong.
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25-mar-2019 Scoop
Why NZ must get rid of ISDS now
Australia’s costs for tobacco case it won show why NZ must get rid of ISDS now.
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25-mar-2019 Les Echos
Libre échange : l’accord UE-Australie achoppe sur les AOP
Le troisième tour de négociations commence le 25 mars et la question la plus délicate est celle des appellations d’origine protégée, dont l’Union européenne exige le respect aux autorités australiennes.
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22-mar-2019 AFTINET
Media release: Philip Morris paying only half of Australia’s costs in ISDS case is outrageous, says AFTINET
It has taken a second FOI case and another two years to reveal that Australian taxpayers were only awarded half of the costs of defending Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws against tobacco giant Philip Morris in March 2017.
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20-mar-2019 Churchill Mining
ICSID arbitration Churchill v Republic of Indonesia: Annulment proceedings dismissed
The annulment committee has dismissed Churchill’s application for annulment of the award for the dispute arising out of the revocation of the mining licenses that made up the East Kutai Coal Project in East Kalimantan.
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12-mar-2019 The Jakarta Post
Sugarcane, livestock farmers worried over impact of IA-CEPA deal
Indonesian sugarcane and cattle farmers are expressing worry over a possible high inflow of sugar and livestock from Australia following the signing of the IA CEPA.
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11-mar-2019 Australian Farmers
Indonesian free trade deal a big win for Aussie farmers
IA-CEPA will help ensure that Australia, and its horticulture producers, will be able to benefit from the country’s expected economic growth.
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7-mar-2019 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia
Indonesia-Australia FTA text
As released by Government of Australia
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6-mar-2019 The Conversation
It’s more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?
Indonesia – Australia CEPA signed without prior released text to assess its costs and benefits.
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5-mar-2019 Macrobusiness
Unions to fight wage-crushing Indonesian FTA
Australian unions stepped up their opposition to the deal as it currently stands and warned they would lobby a future Labor government to renegotiate the terms before it is ratified by parliament.
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5-mar-2019
Kejar target finalisasi perjanjian perdagangan bebas, pemerintah perdagangkan hidup dan hak rakyat
Siaran pers: Kejar target finalisasi perjanjian perdagangan bebas, pemerintah Indonesia perdagangkan hidup dan hak rakyat
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5-mar-2019
Pursuing FTA finalization target, Indonesian Government are trading away people’s live and rights
Press Release: Pursuing FTA finalization target, Indonesian Government are trading away people’s live and rights
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4-mar-2019 Le Point
Indonésie et Australie signent finalement leur accord commercial
L’Indonésie et l’Australie ont signé un accord commercial attendu de longue date, et dont la conclusion avait été retardée en raison de la décision controversée de Canberra de déplacer à Jérusalem son ambassade en Israël.
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4-mar-2019 AFTINET
Indonesia FTA: Labor should reject harmful clauses, says AFTINET
The Indonesia FTA has been signed without any public scrutiny of the text and without any independent assessment of its overall costs and benefits.
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1ro-mar-2019 ABC
Australia to sign free trade agreement with Indonesia, ending months of uncertainty
Australian industry leaders laud the deal that hit a wall in October over when Australian Prime Minister considered moving the Australian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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14-feb-2019 Free Malaysia Today
Indonesia, Australia to sign trade deal in March
Indonesia is to sign a trade and investment partnership deal with Australia in March, Indonesia’s trade minister said.
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14-feb-2019 Xinhua
Names of wines, cheeses hold back Australia-EU free trade deal
Progress on a free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union has been interrupted by the names of cheeses and wines.
