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  • 5 Jun 2023
    • India
    • Trade

    Trading up can unlock India’s industrial potential

    Srijan Shukla
    Three foundational flaws in trade policy are holding the country back from becoming the next manufacturing powerhouse.
  • 9 May 2023
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Multilateral Institutions

    “Play defence” in any collective response to China’s economic coercion

    Victor Ferguson , Viking Bohman
    The cost of fighting back is unlikely to be spread evenly across any coalition, which risks undermining the effort.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Friends, rivals and diplomatic gaslighting

    Greg Earl
    Money still talks in a new world of tighter security alliances when Japan and China can align against Australia on energy.
  • 2 Mar 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: Arming up for war and trade

    Greg Earl
    Sovereign capability is the government’s answer to an old political trade-off in the face of geoeconomic fragmentation.
  • 20 Feb 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Indonesia’s uncertain climb up the nickel value chain

    Kyunghoon Kim
    Demand for EVs is driving domestic and foreign direct investment in the country’s minerals sector. But caution is needed.
  • 8 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Trade

    What the China thaw means for Australia’s trade diversification agenda

    Leigh Howard
    While it’s easy to say never again allow one market to dominate, the promise of premium prices will be hard to ignore.
  • 2 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Vietnam
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • IMF
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Diversification is hard to do

    Greg Earl
    Treasurer Jim Chalmers should rise above outdated jibes at the IMF to justify his aims for a new values-based economy.
  • 23 Jan 2023
    • China
    • Chinese Trade
    • Australia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Trade
    • WTO

    How will China’s punitive trade restrictions against Australia end?

    Justin Brown
    Good vibes could turn into a solution – but if China demands a quid pro quo, reaching agreement will be complex.
  • 11 Jan 2023
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Climate change

    Crossing the carbon border

    Stephen Minas
    International trade is skewed in favour of exporters who pay less for carbon emissions. The EU wants to change that.
  • 20 Dec 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Resource security
    • Trade

    To unchain Indonesia’s commodity reliance

    Suryaputra Wijaksana
    Riches from minerals and agriculture resources are yet to transform the local economy. Wider reforms should be the goal.
  • 15 Dec 2022
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: From pollie crises to polycrisis

    Greg Earl
    There are political bunfights, strategic challenges and wicked problems, but let’s not “overcrisify” the world.
  • 13 Dec 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Environment
    • Transnational Challenges
    • The Americas

    2022: A global turning point

    Ian Hill
    Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable.
  • 17 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta

    Greg Earl
    Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China.
  • 15 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Trade

    Putting food at the heart of China-Indonesia relations

    Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
    Beijing sees Indonesia as a major contributor to its food security and this has found receptive ears in Jakarta.
  • 9 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • United States

    Countdown to Asia’s summit season

    Susannah Patton
    Conflict in Myanmar and Ukraine against a backdrop of US‑China tension – a crowded agenda will unfold in coming weeks.
  • 3 Nov 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Economic diplomacy: Searching for APEC

    Greg Earl
    APEC faces some new competition as Australia considers the sovereign risks involved in reducing domestic gas prices.
  • 10 Oct 2022
    • Australia's Trade
    • European Union
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade

    EU in the driver’s seat on Indo-Pacific trade deals

    Justin Brown
    Is the New Zealand–European Union free trade agreement an omen for Australia’s negotiations?
  • 13 Sep 2022
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Trade
    • United States

    The Quad needs a stronger economic message

    Rena Sasaki
    Trade is the path to regional prosperity, but the four partners stand divided on how this can be achieved.
  • 11 Aug 2022
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: No free lunches for national security

    Greg Earl
    New foreign investment rules, nuisance tariffs and supply chains are all under scrutiny by the Productivity Commission.
  • 28 Jul 2022
    • China
    • Australia
    • Trade
    • Pacific Islands

    Economic diplomacy: The Pacific reset needs real commercial investment

    Greg Earl
    The language of geopolitics is trickling down to unexpected corners of the economy with wide-ranging long-term impact.
  • 27 Jul 2022
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • Timor-Leste
    • Asean
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • Pacific Islands

    Economic diplomacy: The Pacific beats ASEAN for nervous investors

    Greg Earl
    Abe Shinzo’s passing and the Timor oil spy case dismissal reveal new thinking about what national security means.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: New supply chains to Jakarta and beyond

    Greg Earl
    Business diversification is looking more positive in Indonesia but more confusing in the broader Indo-Pacific.
  • 2 Jun 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Trade
    • G20
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Economic diplomacy: New Labor ministers are facing up to old issues

    Greg Earl
    Reshaping policies on the Pacific, Indonesia and domestic manufacturing is already revealing a changing of the guard.
  • 31 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Resource security
    • Australia
    • Japan
    • Energy

    Japan-Australia: building a hydrogen supply chain

    Akimoto Daisuke
    Efforts to develop a network for cleaner energy in the Indo-Pacific marks a practical step for closer relations.
  • 26 May 2022
    • Australia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Trade

    Where to for trade policy?

    Jenny Gordon
    Australia is building the micro foundations for global cooperation.
  • 12 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Indonesia

    A flash in the pan? Indonesia’s palm oil export ban

    Johannes Nugroho
    Apparent domestic shortages appear more a case of a government stand-off with industry over pricing.
  • 5 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Australia's Trade
    • IMF
    • Asean
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: Trade shifts challenge a new government

    Greg Earl
    “Friendshoring” offers a half-way house between reshoring production and diversifying markets in a deglobalising world.
  • 21 Apr 2022
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • India

    A first for India and a chance to trade up with Australia

    Amita Batra
    The new trade deal should be a stepping stone for the two countries to make their economic partnership comprehensive.
  • 23 Mar 2022
    • Trade
    • Australia's Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia

    Trade policy agenda facing new drivers

    Justin Brown
    More than ever, Australia’s national security and economic resilience goals need integrating with smart trade policy.
  • 24 Feb 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Public Opinion
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: Slow dividends for Australia from ASEAN spending

    Greg Earl
    Amid the Ukraine sanctions showdown, an Indian trade deal looms as a pre-election win for the Morrison government.
  • 27 Jan 2022
    • Global Economy
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade
    • China

    Will the EU step up to secure rules-based Indo-Pacific trade?

    Peter Draper , Naoise McDonagh
    The rivalry with China is systemic and heft is needed to anchor market-orientated trade.
  • 18 Jan 2022
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Australia has a solution to Indonesia’s soaring food prices

    Kyle Springer
    As Indonesia takes the G20 presidency solving the country’s food security crisis should be top of the agenda.
  • 21 Dec 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: Retro shopping beats the supply chain crisis

    Greg Earl
    WWW Santa beware. The gift trade is still subject to the old-school padded tromp of shoe leather.
  • 2 Dec 2021
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: Free trade vs economic resilience

    Greg Earl
    From Chinese iPhones to university classrooms, trade in services is being redefined.
  • 1 Nov 2021
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China
    • Geo-economics

    Markets and resilience in the face of economic coercion

    Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson , Scott Waldron
    Calls for a “China plus” strategy rightfully draws business attention to the need to manage rising geoeconomic risks.
  • 22 Oct 2021
    • Trade
    • China's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China

    China’s economic sanctions made Australia more confident

    Ye Xue
    Greed hasn’t left Canberra cowering in the face of Beijing’s attempted punishment.
  • 21 Oct 2021
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: Los Angeles port pips China as Christmas grinch

    Greg Earl
    Amid an emerging global trade supply chain crisis, Australian economic policy advisers are more reserved about risks.
  • 4 Oct 2021
    • China
    • Australia
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade

    The scope to negotiate with China on the CPTPP

    Roland Rajah , Stephen Grenville
    It would be useful to have more cooperative economic ballast in relations, even as other things might deteriorate.
  • 1 Oct 2021
    • Trade
    • Australia's Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia

    WTO dispute settlement: why Australia bothers

    Ravi Kewalram
    Australia had been an infrequent user of this tool. But the system is now more relevant than ever.
  • 28 Sep 2021
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • China

    Australia’s real leverage in China’s CPTTP bid

    Hugh Piper
    Beijing has handed Canberra an unexpected bargaining chip. The question is how to best use it?
  • 21 Sep 2021
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • India

    Australia-India trade deal: An early harvest or cherry picking?

    Justin Brown
    A pragmatic tone appears to distinguish the revived talks. Ambitious, not so much.
  • 10 Sep 2021
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    The right climate for Indonesia-United States cooperation

    Eko NM Saputro
    If Washington is to judge its trade partners on environmental measures, Jakarta actually has a good story to tell.
  • 10 Sep 2021
    • Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China

    Candour, at last, on China – but then what?

    Hugh Piper
    Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has made explicit Australia’s challenge. The next step is ensuring business knows the plan.
  • 3 Sep 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Trade
    • Australian Navy

    Australia’s essential need: not seaborne trade but seaborne supply

    James Goldrick
    “Sea control” is not about dominating waters but only to the extent necessary to ensure the movement needed.
  • 26 Aug 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Afghanistan
    • Afghanistan War
    • India
    • Australia
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: After Kabul, Australia looks to India

    Greg Earl
    Australia has a lower war-to-aid ratio, but the US is more transparent about its failure against the Taliban.
  • 9 Aug 2021
    • India
    • Australia
    • Trade

    Australia and India: A time to refocus on trade talks

    Anil Wadhwa
    Tony Abbott’s visit to India shows conditions are ripe to advance a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.
  • 27 Jul 2021
    • Trade
    • Chinese Trade
    • US Economy

    When the chips are down: Biden’s semiconductor war

    Tian He
    Export controls on US semiconductor tech into China didn’t stop with Trump.
  • 1 Jul 2021
    • Trade
    • Taiwan

    Sweet and sour: Taiwan’s pork and pineapple battles

    Melissa Conley Tyler , Liam Gibson
    Nationalist consumer sentiment has become a decisive factor in Taiwan’s food bans with the US and China.
  • 24 Jun 2021
    • Trade
    • Free Trade
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom

    Australia sweeps the table in the UK trade deal

    Dmitry Grozoubinski
    Tariff elimination on this scale through a free trade agreement is almost unprecedented.
  • 17 Jun 2021
    • Asia
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • United Kingdom

    Economic diplomacy: Trade deals for a fast-growing family

    Greg Earl
    New ties with Britain to “right a historic wrong” but visa schemes for regional workers could generate another headache.
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