Falinski said it was more efficient to have the sheep processed in Australia.
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He told The Conversation that even when he finished his degree in the 1990s “the economic rationale for continuing the trade wasn’t strong”.
Shipping containers are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Long Beach in California.
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The Trump administration wants China to cut its trade deficit with the US by more than half. An economist explains why that’s not going to happen.
In this November 2017 photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to shake their hands after a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The China-U.S. trade conflict is about far more than trade; it’s about American efforts to change how China deals with the world.
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The recent U.S. trade mission to China failed, allowing no space for future compromise. What follows will likely be much more than a simple trade war.
The shipping industry has been slow to use greener fuels.
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Shipping is becoming greener, but this brings new safety challenges.
Tariffs like those Trump is about to sign are the wrong way to fight intellectual property theft.
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Unfair competition law offers a more effective, targeted strategy to persuade China to play by the rules.
Large companies control 88% of the agricultural export market.
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Smaller Australian businesses are more productive than larger ones, but have disproportionately low levels of exports and wages.
A furnace at Dalian Special Steel Co. Ltd. in China’s Liaoning province.
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This speed read explores why it’s hard to stop manufacturers in specific countries from dodging trade barriers by pretending that their goods come from somewhere else.
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Brexit Britain should be especially concerned.
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Michelle Grattan speaks to University of Canberra’s Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud rejected the Shorten call for a suspension.
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Up to now, both government and opposition were anxious to stay in step.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has set up a review of the trade during the northern summer.
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Wood’s call follows NSW Liberal and former health minister Sussan Ley declaring the trade should cease.
Is there still room for the U.S.?
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Trump, who withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership when he became president, briefly appeared to consider joining the trade accord again.
Stacks of used clothing are seen in this African warehouse. The U.S. is retaliating against countries that are restricting the import of American used clothing, a marginal industry for the U.S. but a critical one for some African nations.
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The top U.S. foreign policy goals in Africa evidently no longer relate to human rights or democratic freedoms, but to protecting tiny, marginal American industries.
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The international partnership offers new trade opportunities for the UK but some of its members also stand to lose out as a result of leaving the EU.
More Chinese wines are finding their way into the liquor aisle.
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As the US celebrates Wine Day, China’s young winemakers are a reminder of the power and value of cameraderie and cooperation in this age-old industry.
In this November 2017 photo, U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The brewing China-U.S. trade conflict features two leaders who have expressed friendship but are equally determined to pursue their nation’s interests.
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“Honesty is the best policy” is hardly a hallmark of the Trump régime, so China would have been smart to pursue a more honest, less manipulative path in its simmering trade war with the U.S.
Sara Netanyahu asked Lucy Turnbull to help and remedy the live export situation.
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On Friday the Agriculture department announced it had suspended the supply of sheep to a Qatar abattoir after seeing footage provided by Animals Australia.
In it together.
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The US and China must work together to reform the global trade system. Their economies are too entwined for a trade war.
Flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia.
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Why the Commonwealth trade advantage isn’t all that strong.
Australia’s sheep trade is worth $250 million annually and involves about two million sheep.
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It doesn’t need a review to tell you that for the sheep these voyages - even when they go better than this one did - are hell, whatever “standards” are imposed.