How China is changing the global balance of economic power
China has displaced the United States from its traditional dominance as a major trading partner for most countries of the world
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Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China
Empty bench
It has been one of the most forecast developments in geo-economics, but the World Trade Organisation is about to finally suffer the crippling blow of its appeals process coming to a halt. On 11 December, the trade court will no longer have enough judges to issue the binding rulings that
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Multilateral trade versus self-interest
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Free trade is being deferred but not reversed
This is the first 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.
Is protectionism on the rise? As we moved into 2017 the conventional wisdom was 'yes'. The G20 warned about it in 2016. The annual January
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The G20 and the Future of International Economic Governance
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The TPP agreement has failed to be finalised — let’s not shed any tears about that
The TPP agreement has failed to be finalised — let’s not shed any tears about that Leon Berkelmans The Australian 4 August 2015
Gold standard trade deal is now littered with many pitfalls
Gold standard trade deal is now littered with many pitfalls Leon Berkelmans Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 2015
China Australia relationship needs to broaden from trade
China-Australia relationship needs to broaden from trade James Brown The Saturday Paper 30 August 2014 Please click here for the online text
By James Brown