Trade
Rising concern over secret trade agreement with Australia…
Negotiations over the US-led Transpacific-Partnership (TPP) trade agreement have remained shrouded in mystery until a series of leaks have revealed......
Digital Rights Activists concerned about copyright in the TPP
Successive Australian Governments have participated in the secret negotiations over the Trans Pacific Partnership. The TPP is billed as sorting......
Will Australia benefit from a free trade deal with China?
At the APEC summit this week Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he wants to strike a free trade deal with......
What to expect from the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty
Australia was one of the first countries to sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty in New York today. In......
East Asia Summit highlights competing free trade agreements
A new free trade agreement was launched today at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, adding to the confusing array......
Laos hosts Asia-Europe Summit
Global leaders, including Prime Minister Julia Gillard, are descending on Laos for the Asia Europe Summit. It’s a unique opportunity......
Critics of Pacific trade push warn of dangers in US demands on IP
At the APEC summit in Hawaii, leaders of nine Asia-Pacific nations have agreed on a framework for a trade and......
Critics say pacific free trade push a trojan horse for investor rights
At the APEC summit Julia Gillard expressed strong enthusiasm for a new push to establish a massive Pacific Free trade......
A new era of co-operation between Australia and Indonesia, but no free trade agreement
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’ s visit to Australia seems to augur a new era of economic co-operation with talks......
PACER-plus; Should we have free trade in the pacific?
On an Australian wide speaking tour John Salong and Maureen Penjueli will argue the Pacific Nations will not benefit at......