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  • 23 Jul 2019
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    Trump and Xi need a trade deal and they need it soon

    John Edwards
    With the US election looming, the window for an agreement is closing – yet the two sides are closer than often assumed.
  • 20 Jun 2019
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • G20

    Economic diplomacy: G20 warms up, the China drip and open trade talks

    Greg Earl
    Could Japan’s Abe Shinzo – yes, Abe Shinzo – use his personal clout to give the flatlining G20 some new direction?
  • 14 Mar 2019
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Australia and Indonesia trade: deal (not quite) done

    Donald R Rothwell , Imogen Saunders
    Elections in Indonesia and Australia alike could yet be a hurdle to ratification of a long-anticipated trade agreement.
  • 8 Feb 2019
    • Trade
    • China
    • The Trump Presidency

    Is Australia wise to pick sides in US-China trade war?

    Mike Callaghan
    Reported comments by Australia’s ambassador to the US warning Trump against a “pyrrhic” win with China seem out of step.
  • 9 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    Will geopolitics trump trade?

    Roland Rajah
    Ships and chips and an adversarial strategy exacerbate the likelihood of a Sino-American trade war.
  • 3 Oct 2018
    • The Americas
    • Trade

    NAFTA to USMCA – what’s in a name?

    Mike Callaghan
    In terms of the three members, Washington has come out on top – but this does not make it a “good” deal for the US.
  • 12 Jul 2018
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    Tit-for-tat-for-tit-for-tat

    Roland Rajah
    In his trade war, Donald Trump’s maximum pressure tactics look likely to prove highly counterproductive.
  • 3 Jul 2018
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    Trade is not just about tariffs

    Stephen Grenville
    Behind-the-border measures are more important restraints on international trade.
  • 21 Jun 2018
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    US-China trade: joke’s over

    John Edwards
    The US is in trade rows with all of its major trading partners at once.
  • 16 Apr 2018
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    Is Trump ready to bear the cost of a trade war?

    Brad Glosserman
    The test of US policy is not how much it can hurt others but how much pain it will withstand.
  • 9 Apr 2018
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    American trade policy returns to “aggressive unilateralism”

    Roland Rajah
    The US deployed similar trade tactics in the 1980s to pursue its grievances with a rising Japan.
  • 1 Sep 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Free Trade

    Free trade is being deferred but not reversed

    Alan Oxley
    This is something trade policy experts understand but many market analysts do not.
  • 25 May 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    TPP: With one down, can 11 stand?

    Mike Callaghan
    There is a hard road ahead to bring the TPP11 into force. Our best hope is that Japan’s leadership on this issue continues.
  • 11 Apr 2017
    • Trade
    • India-Australia Relations
    • Migration

    Lessons from India on migration’s role in trade policy

    Henry Sherrell
    Australia would be well placed if it established a set of principles for migration when negotiating trade and other deals.
  • 30 Nov 2016
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade

    Why the TPP should be saved

    Mike Callaghan
    It would be a great pity if all the work that went into concluding the TPP was lost.
  • 1 Dec 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Douglass North and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

    Stephen Grenville
  • 18 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific

    APEC attendees take note: Services are nice but most trade action still in goods

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 9 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Drop the currency manipulation grudge to reap the benefits of a bigger TPP

    Stephen Grenville
  • 3 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    TPP: Australia should bring in China and Indonesia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 6 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations

    TPP: Not worth the risk

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 28 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Public Opinion Polling

    The TPP is still alive and Australia will likely sign

    Stephen Grenville
  • 13 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations

    What's the harm in being transparent about the TPP negotiations?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 2 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Geo-economics

    Peak box? Global container trade is slackening

    Julian Snelder
  • 4 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    The secretive TPP: Never again

    Stephen Grenville
  • 10 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why Australia needs Austrade

    Bruno Mascitelli
  • 7 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    The TPP and intellectual property rights

    Stephen Grenville
  • 25 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Australia needs a modern and globalised tax system

    Mike Callaghan
  • 3 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • WTO
    • Australia-United States Relations

    Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership be a good deal for Australia?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 23 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance

    The 'beggar-thy-neighbour' currency wars

    Stephen Grenville
  • 9 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance

    How much is too much? The debt mystery

    Stephen Grenville
  • 2 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance

    Is globalisation slowing?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 22 Jan 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    A Chinese canal in Nicaragua?

    Julian Snelder
  • 8 Dec 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why Peter Thiel is wrong about monopolies

    Stephen Grenville
  • 11 Nov 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    House of cards: Will Congress fast-track Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership?

    Matthew Rimmer
  • 10 Nov 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • WTO

    APEC in Beijing: Too many trade initiatives and too little progress

    Stephen Grenville
  • 31 Oct 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Congress, midterms and the TPP

    Adelle Neary
  • 15 Oct 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Global Economic Governance

    China wants a bigger piece of the smartphone business

    Julian Snelder
  • 30 Sep 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Australian Customs: A bigger role to play in trade

    Stephanie Dunstan
  • 9 Apr 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    Trade focus disguises Abbott course-correction on Japan relationship

    Robert Ayson
  • 4 Mar 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Where economics and geopolitics meet

    Stephen Grenville
  • 11 Feb 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security

    Interview: Adam Minter on the Junkyard Planet

    Philippa Brant
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