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The 2008 statue of Adam Smith by Scotland’s leading monumental sculptor Alexander Stoddart, outside St Giles cathedral in Edinburgh. Alan Wilson/Alamy

June 8, 2023

Five reasons Adam Smith remains Britain’s most important economist, 300 years on

Anna Plassart, The Open University

The Scottish economist dedicated his life’s work to understanding the consequences – moral, social and political – of capitalism. Both neoliberals and leftwingers claim his legacy.

We’ve had a decade to learn from our mistakes. jazbeck/Flickr

October 24, 2014

Copyright in the Trans-Pacific Partnership echoes past mistakes

Kimberlee Weatherall, University of Sydney

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Central to the processes of the PBS is the idea that drugs with identical or similar clinical outcomes should have similar prices. Thinglass/Shutterstock

October 23, 2014

How the US trade deal undermined Australia’s PBS

Thomas Faunce, Australian National University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Australia’s reputation for strict farming standards helped its beef industry weather the BSE crisis. Malcolm Paterson/CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons

October 23, 2014

Australia shouldn’t sacrifice food safety standards for free trade

David Adamson, The University of Queensland

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

The Abbott governments rush to sign bilateral trade deals with countries including Japan has meant quality has been sacrificed. Alan Porritt/AAP

October 22, 2014

Australia’s trade negotiating strategy fundamentally flawed

Ann Capling, Murdoch University and John Ravenhill, University of Waterloo

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Who read the fine print? US president George W. Bush signs the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act in the White House Rose Garden in August 2004. EPA/Matthew Cavanaugh

October 22, 2014

A decade on, is the Australia-US FTA fit for the 21st century?

Anna George, Murdoch University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

A green trade deal would encourage the development of renewable energy in big carbon emitters such as China. Kaj17/Flickr

October 21, 2014

Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens a green trade deal

John Mathews, Macquarie University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Reduced access to generics drugs has contributed to the 80% rise in the cost of Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Diego Cervo/Shutterstock

October 21, 2014

It’s time to fix the free trade bungle on the cost of medicines

Luigi Palombi, Murdoch University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agenda is again being driven by the US on behalf of its major export industries. EPA/How Hwee Young

October 20, 2014

Trans-Pacific Partnership piles up challenges for democracy

Patricia Ranald, University of Sydney

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Patents have exploded in number in recent years, thanks largely to our lax standards for issuing them. www.shutterstock.com

October 20, 2014

How trade agreements are locking in a broken patent system

Hazel Moir, Australian National University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Diplomatic smiles and handshakes are in order when Chinese and US representatives meet, but separate trade talks driven by Beijing and Washington represent a high-stakes contest for influence. EPA/Michael Reynolds

October 20, 2014

Who calls the tune? Asia has to dance to duelling trade agendas

Michael Wesley, Australian National University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Many Australian exporters find it difficult to crack the US government procurement market, while our policy leaves the door more open to US firms. Shutterstock

October 16, 2014

Australia’s procurement policy leaves our exporters behind

Elizabeth Thurbon, UNSW Sydney

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

It’s not yet clear how the Coalition will weigh health issues against economic priorities. jdwfoto/Shutterstock

October 15, 2014

Coalition’s policy bodes ill for health in free trade negotiations

Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…

Australia’s approach to trade policy is more thoughtful and calculating than it is given credit for by sections of the media, academia and the public who object to current negotiations. AAP/Newzulu/Jeff Tan

October 14, 2014

Staying engaged on every front: Australia’s trade policy strategy

Bryan Mercurio, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. This is the first article in the…

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Patricia Ranald
Honorary research associate, University of Sydney
John Mathews
Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
John Ravenhill
Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo
Anna George
Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
Thomas Faunce
ARC Future Fellow, Australian National University
Luigi Palombi
Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
Ann Capling
Provost, Murdoch University
Hazel Moir
Honarary Associate Professor; economics of patents, copyright and other "IP", Australian National University
Michael Wesley
Professor and Director of School of International Political and Strategic Studies, Australian National University
Elizabeth Thurbon
Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Sydney
Deborah Gleeson
Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
Kimberlee Weatherall
Professor of Law, University of Sydney
David Adamson
Associate professor, Royal Agricultural University
Bryan Mercurio
Simon F.S. Li Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Anna Plassart
Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University