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Free trade deal may fast track nanotech
Australia may be forced to rush through inadequately tested and unsafe medical nanotherapies because of its free trade agreement with the US, a health technology regulation expert says.
All foods on the table in trade talks with Japan
Free access for all Australian farm products to the Japanese market will be on the table when free trade agreement negotiations start, but some won’t be there at the finish.
China trade deal worth $250m for SA
South Australia will earn at least $250 million annually from an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement according to a Monash University Centre of Policy Studies report for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Australia eager to ink free trade agreement
Australia is interested in negotiating a free trade pact with India, provided it is comprehensive and takes into account its interest in opening up trade in farm products.
Australia and Chile to develop FTA
Australia and Chile have agreed to develop a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement.
A citizen’s guide to an emerging empire
This article is an introduction or guide to PICTA, PACER and the WTO in the Pacific. The ’guide’ gives readers basic knowledge of both trade agreements and the stepping stone function they provide towards the WTO re-colonising the Pacific.
BCA lists its China goals
Australia’s business leaders have outlined an ambitious set of goals for the free trade negotiations with China.
Free trade agreement with Australia within two years: official
China and Australia are looking to make substantial progress in free trade negotiations with the aim of signing an agreement within two years, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Chong Quan said on Monday.
Rio lobbies for Japan free trade
Rio Tinto Australia managing director Charlie Lenegan told an Australia-Japan business conference in Sydney today the foundation for such a treaty had been laid over the past 50 years, since the signing of a Commerce Agreement between the pair in 1957.
The Australia-US free trade agreement: a contest of interests
This article analyses the social forces that supported and opposed the AUSFTA, explores why the agreement was signed despite widespread public opposition in Australia, assesses the impact of oppositional campaigns on the content of the agreement in some key areas and analyses the environment and labour chapters.
Talks on Chinese free trade deal falter
A meeting between Australia’s new Trade Minister, Warren Truss, and his veteran Chinese counterpart Bo Xilai has failed to advance negotiations on a free trade agreement, throwing into doubt whether a deal can be concluded within a two-year timeline.
Don’t worry about FTA, says China
Australian manufacturers should not be concerned about a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with China, Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai says.
Beijing nears the barriers in FTA race
For many farmers in both China and Australia, whose agricultural trade experts were attending a conference last Wednesday, rain is a rarity, so longing looks were cast at the muddy streets and umbrellas outside. The conference, focused on the agricultural issues involved in negotiating a Free Trade Agreement, was held in Xian, the ancient capital of 13 Chinese dynasties and the heartland of Chinese agriculture.
Japan gets serious about trade deal
When the idea of a free trade agreement with Japan was floated four years ago, there was not much enthusiasm in Tokyo.
10 reasons to challenge the Pacific EPA
Do the Pacific Islands’ negotiators genuinely hope they can negotiate a beneficial Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union or are they simply going through the motions and doing what is required of them under the Cotonou Agreement 2000? In the secretive chess game of trade negotiations it is impossible to know.
China refuses to put cards on trade table
Agriculture minister Peter McGauran’s lightning trip to Xian, home of the famed terracotta warriors, yesterday was to open a joint agriculture conference intended to persuade the Chinese that Australian farmers are no threat to their 800 million peasant counterparts, most of whom are barely above the poverty line and who form a potentially volatile force in Chinese politics.
Nothing cropped from agriculture in Australia-China FTA
All agricultural products remain on the table in talks for a free trade agreement with China - which Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran describes as the "single most important thing" anyone can do for Australia’s farming industry.
Japan looks to limit FTA proposal
A proposed free-trade deal between Australia and Japan is looking shaky, with agriculture again the most contentious issue.
Japan trade talks set to start
The Federal Government has flagged the possibility of negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan, beginning in December.
Australia: Trade pact with Indonesia in cold storage
Though plans were announced for a feasibility study on a bilateral deal between the two countries, a Free Trade Agreement between Indonesia and Australia is still a distant dream.