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Despite the growing role of data and technology in the world economy, there are very few rules to govern digital trade.
Foreign minister Marise Payne’s trip to China last November signalled a thawing in relations with China.
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Former Trade Minister Andrew Robb’s criticism may be a little exaggerated, but there’s no doubt the relationship is tricky and still needs work.
A frictionless border.
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How to make sense of the UK government’s no-deal Brexit contingency plans to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
Simon Birmingham and Enggartiasto Lukita have signed an agreement that might never be ratified in that form.
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No commitments on environmental standards, but foreign corporations will shore up their rights to sue the Australian and Indonesian governments.
U.S. President Donald Trump with China’s President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in December 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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America may have missed a window of opportunity to curb China’s rise when it pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Trump met with Chinese delegates to discuss trade.
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American and Chinese trade negotiators are pushing hard to get a deal, but a major sticking point remains: ensuring China honors any promises it makes.
The U.S. and China have ‘trust’ issues.
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China has reneged on past promises it has made to the US. With the deadline for a deal fast approaching, the solution may lie in learning from a global organization the president hates: the WTO.
Plant-based foods, including fruits and vegetables, will be more popular this year.
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The six food trends likely to be front and centre in 2019.
Nissan employs 7,000 people in the UK.
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What Brexit means for future UK-Japan business.
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Britain has long dreamed of breaking away from the European continent but global trade has never replaced links with its close neighbours.
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The EU and Japan’s economies together account for about a third of global GDP.
A hallowed chamber for an important address.
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As Trump prepares to deliver his delayed State of the Union address, here’s what four economists had to say about the state of the union.
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More than 1500 sheep died across these voyages collectively from heat
stress, injury or disease – which was nevertheless under the official
“reportable mortality” rate.
The sea cucumber, or trepang, Australia’s first export to Asia.
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Trade tells a story of modern Australia that began long before January 26, 1788.
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The clock is ticking before the US ramps up tariffs on Chinese imports.
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Archaeologists have found cloves and black pepper corns they believe to be more than 1,000 years old at a site in Sri Lanka.
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as of Dec. 19.
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The Federal Reserve opted to lift interest rates in a snub to stock investors who have been bleeding red for more than two months.
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Sovereign access to the Pacific would bring Bolivia significant economic benefits.
The government briefed Indonesia before the Prime Minister outlined the new Australian policy in a speech in Sydney on Saturday.
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Morrison announced a compromise position that recognises West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but does not move Australia’s embassy there until a peace settlement determines Jerusalem’s final status.
Meng Wanzhou, CFO of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, is shown arriving at a parole office in Vancouver on Dec. 12. Her arrest at the request of the U.S. officials has strained Canada-Chinese relations.
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China is influential, but would not have succeeded in changing the UN human rights system without quiet consent from countries who wished to trade with it, including Canada.