Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific

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Is an Asia Pacific free market feasible?

This is the second in a three-part series on the future of world trade from a global (part 1), Asia Pacific (part 2) and Australian (part 3) perspective. The Trump Administration's dramatic disavowal of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement in January prompted the question 'Is the

By Alan Oxley

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Economic diplomacy brief: Who’s our biggest partner, Asian business capability, Globalisation 2.0

Buying friends The debate over Australia’s most valuable economic partners hit fever pitch this month with new arguments over old measuring sticks for an increasingly contested aspect of international relations. There is no absolute way of resolving this debate which involves value judgements

By Greg Earl

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Beware the infrastructure debt trap

Much has been written about the massive infrastructure investments needed to sustain Asia’s growth performance. The Asian Development Bank estimates that the region’s infrastructure will require investments of $US26 trillion by 2030, or $1.7 trillion annually, more than double its estimate less

By Robert Wihtol

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Economic diplomacy brief: Supply chains in the robotic age, China’s foreign investment and more

Unchained The release of a new study on Australia’s offshore investment has triggered an interesting divide between former trade minister Craig Emerson and his old advisers on the outlook for global supply chains. Emerson has been forecasting a winding back of the fragmented global production

By Greg Earl

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Economic diplomacy brief: Thailand’s recovery plan, RCEP, CEOs cool on China

Go east young khun As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the big question hanging over the party is to what extent this diverse group of 10 countries is going to put collective interest before individual ambition. The divisions over how

By Greg Earl

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Economic diplomacy brief: TPP post-Trump, China backs coal, Austrade shake-up

Time for RCEP to step up Donald Trump’s abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal has left his Australian allies with the awkward choice. They can either play for time with a domestic row about trade or embark on the tougher task of trying to introduce some of the TPP

By Greg Earl

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Indonesia considers trade options post TPP

US President elect Donald Trump's confirmation he intends to pull out of the TPP has led to confusion and uncertainty across the region. For its part, Indonesia is still keen to sign on to the TPP but there are many factors to consider in the cost-benefit analysis on the topic the

By Retno Maruti

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Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific

Is an Asia Pacific free market feasible?

Economic diplomacy brief: Who’s our biggest partner, Asian business capability, Globalisation 2.0

Beware the infrastructure debt trap

Economic diplomacy brief: Supply chains in the robotic age, China’s foreign investment and more

Economic diplomacy brief: Thailand’s recovery plan, RCEP, CEOs cool on China

Economic diplomacy brief: TPP post-Trump, China backs coal, Austrade shake-up

Indonesia considers trade options post TPP

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