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No support in Japanese beef industry for FTA with Australia
19-Apr-2005
When he leaves China for Japan tomorrow, Prime Minister, John Howard, will still be focusing on a free trade deal. He will be asking his Japanese counterpart, Junichiro Koizumi, to start down the track of a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Japan.
FTA rush ignores workers’ rights
19-Apr-2005
Workers’ rights were being ignored in the rush to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, a leading group of opponents said today.
Union slams China FTA, industry wary
19-Apr-2005 Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s proposed free trade agreement with China is on early shaky ground with a union leader claiming it’s based on a lie and industry warning it should not be accepted at any cost.
FTA deal on course
18-Apr-2005
Australia and Indonesia will develop a framework that could provide the building blocks for a free trade deal between the two countries
Howard plays down China FTA talks
18-Apr-2005
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has played down the significance of securing a free-trade agreement with China. "Whether or not we start free-trade negotiations, or whether they are brought to a satisfactory conclusion, I do not want to see that become the benchmark of whether or not we have a good relationship."
Envoy: Aussies looking at Malaysia favourably
17-Apr-2005
Australian companies, which previously shied away from Malaysia fearing that political differences between their governments would hinder business, are now looking at the country favourably.
FTA deal shaky over agriculture
17-Apr-2005
Australia’s prospects of a trade breakthrough with Japan this week have been undermined by new regional tensions and growing domestic opposition.
Australia should press ahead with China FTA: Trade Minister Vaile
14-Apr-2005 Channel News Asia
Australia should push ahead with negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China despite the risks and difficulties involved in engaging with the Communist nation, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said.
Australia-China FTA feasibility study
12-Apr-2005
Report of a joint feasibility study, leading to the launch of FTA negotiations.
Cashing in on our pharmaceutical expertise
11-Apr-2005
One important provision in a China-Australia Free Trade Agreement could be the establishment of a Medicines Working Committee. This committee would facilitate cooperation, collaborations and joint ventures between Australian and Chinese pharmaceutical regulators, clinical trial and biotechnology researchers, as well as generic manufacturers.
FTA with Australia, NZ to cover textiles, forestry
10-Apr-2005 Jakarta Post
Indonesia will propose special facilities for some of its leading industries in upcoming preliminary negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia and New Zealand, a minister has said.
FTA would have little impact on Japan’s farm sector: Aust
9-Apr-2005
A free trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and Australia would not deal a serious blow to Japanese agricultural sectors, a senior Australian Government official says.
Howard opens Malaysian trade talks
8-Apr-2005
Australia and Malaysia are to begin formal negotiations on a bilateral trade deal as part of efforts to improve their sometimes tense relations. The negotiations were announced in Canberra yesterday after talks between John Howard, Australia’s prime minister, and Abdullah Badawi, the first Malaysian prime minister to visit the country in more than 20 years.
Australia-Malaysia FTA set to go-ahead
6-Apr-2005
Australia and Malaysia will give the green light to start talks for a free trade deal as Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi makes his first official visit to Australia.
Warning on cost of vitamins under US FTA
1-Apr-2005 The Age
The cost of vitamins could rise by 8% under the Australia-United States free trade agreement, vitamin makers have warned.
FTA shakes up government procurement
29-Mar-2005 CIO
The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement will bring major changes to Australian government procurement.
China, Australia inch closer to FTA talks
24-Mar-2005 Asia Times
China and Australia may be one step nearer to launching talks on a free trade agreement (FTA), and a feasibility study to be released this month strongly proposes the deal.
Australia: Push to free up Japan on trade
23-Mar-2005 The Australian
John Howard will ask Japan to support an official feasibility study as the first substantial step towards a bilateral free trade agreement when he visits Tokyo next month.
China fears FTA’s impact on farming
22-Mar-2005
As the prospect of Australia and China negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) appears increasingly likely, China has flagged that Australian farmers may not get all they wish for.
Music case to test US-Australia FTA laws
22-Mar-2005
The music industry’s legal assault on BitTorrent file sharing will provide the first major test of new laws designed to limit ISPs’ liability for copyright breaches by their customers.