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Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack on “net-zero 2050” and coal
Michelle Grattan discusses coal, the nationals, and China with Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack
Australia won’t let Australians see the Australia-EU deal before it is signed. The EU is publishing running updates.
Europe will insist on carbon commitments before agreeing to a deal.
The Indonesian president outlined four major steps to improve the relationship, two of which were quite unexpected.
President Trump and Democrats recently agreed on a deal to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. A trade scholar explains what’s new.
Australia’s secret weapon has been faith in market outcomes combined with a strong social safety set.
The Trump administration’s tendency to follow rules only if they’re in its interest could end up hurting the US in the long run.
President Trump plans to put a 5% tariff on every Mexican good that crosses the border unless Mexico does more to reduce the flow of migrants.
Trump’s embrace of bilateralism in trade relations has pernicious long-term consequences, including ratcheting up the odds of violent conflict.
A quarter-century ago, more than 100 nations agreed to engage in freer trade with one another and signed the declaration that established the World Trade Organization.
No commitments on environmental standards, but foreign corporations will shore up their rights to sue the Australian and Indonesian governments.
Individual creators get too small a share of copyright’s rewards. What Bryan Adams is proposing in Canada could also work in Australia to help authors get paid and keep works available to the public.
The president again threatened to drop out of the World Trade Organization if it doesn’t ‘shape up.’ But a careful review of case filings show the US isn’t treated any differently than its other members.
Under the free trade agreement, Australian universities will be able to have majority ownership of an Indonesian university.
Trump has often talked about leaving the World Trade Organization. An economist explains what it is and what would happen if the president had his way.
International trade policy requires three traits to be successful and lead to mutual prosperity. Trump’s is missing all three, as he showed at the G-7 summit.
A political scientist and economist explores the causes and consequences of Trump’s scattershot trade policy.
Smaller Australian businesses are more productive than larger ones, but have disproportionately low levels of exports and wages.
Trump, who withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership when he became president, briefly appeared to consider joining the trade accord again.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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