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Sharing Australia’s coffee culture with Southeast Asia
And getting far more than change in return. -
6 Feb 2025
Is Australia in the tariff firing line?
Trump’s plans are less about economics and more about coercion. -
4 Feb 2025
Trump tariffs – madness, method, or mayhem?
The more successful the strategy the lower the tariff revenue generated, and other economic realities… -
3 Feb 2025
Trump’s second trade war risks unwinding the benefit of his first
Developing countries and global supply chain resilience will be damaged by Trump’s “softer on China harder on others” approach. -
30 Jan 2025
China versus America on global trade
China’s unbalanced global trading relationships have only deepened. -
30 Jan 2025
Trump’s trade policy: Risks for Australia
With tariff threats against both friend and foe, regional trade agreements will assume greater importance. -
22 Jan 2025
A body blow to Putin’s “dirty fleet”
Europe is increasingly cracking down on Russia’s sanction-busting oil trade. -
14 Jan 2025
Trump goes deep into the Panama Canal
But Panama, which is very proud of its operations, already has plans that would be in America’s interests. -
10 Jan 2025
The riotous return of the mercantilists
Trump’s tariffs mantra has changed the zeitgeist – but to a habit nations have long held. -
30 Dec 2024
Whether EVs or solar panels, protectionism has the same distorting effect
Biden is playing election politics with tariffs on China’s electric cars, while Albanese’s solar subsidy plans might end up costing Australia. -
18 Dec 2024
What I’ll be watching for in 2025
Lowy researchers gaze at their crystal balls – with questions, more than answers, for the year ahead. -
10 Dec 2024
China’s EV manufacturing and Australia’s connected vehicles conundrum
Canberra faces complicated trade-offs between competing domestic and foreign policy objectives. -
5 Dec 2024
The unilateral trading system: US trade policy for Trump, again
Trump wants systemic changes and his recent tariff threats show that no issue is off limits. -
14 Nov 2024
Economic diplomacy: It’s populists vs plutocrats in Trump Take 2
Australia’s hopes of a modest economic impact from the Trump administration’s actions will require navigating the financial tensions at its heart. -
6 Nov 2024
Indonesia takes a bite out of Apple, and sets itself a test for future investment
The Local Content Requirement may only be a temporary setback for the tech giant, but it could raise concerns among potential foreign investors. -
4 Nov 2024
ASEAN countries confront Chinese export glut
Left unchecked, a saturation of Chinese goods may complicate what has otherwise been a very compelling ASEAN growth story. -
11 Oct 2024
The US wakes up to China’s latest threat – big ships
Hardly a day goes by that Chinese shipyards don’t book another fat contract for a commercial vessel. -
26 Sep 2024
Yesterday’s stick, today’s carrot? China’s removal of the Japan seafood ban
Talk of easing import restrictions raises questions about Beijing’s motivations at this time. -
18 Sep 2024
Breaking barriers: Enhancing women’s participation in trade across the Indo-Pacific
A gender-inclusive trade agenda will help create better jobs and unlock greater economic potential. -
6 Sep 2024
Iran’s shadow hand in Houthi Red Sea attacks
How the Houthis and Iranians work together isn’t absolutely clear – but stopping the threat to shipping requires more than shooting down incoming missiles and extends to disrupting an intelligence and targeting system. -
26 Aug 2024
The benefits of connection: India’s linkages to Bangladesh withstand local unrest
Roads and rail are the sinews of a strong relationship. But New Delhi cannot afford to be complacent about its regional ties. -
22 Aug 2024
Economic diplomacy: Playing defence with Prabowo
New security cooperation with Indonesia does not make up for the slow progress in building fresh economic links. -
7 Aug 2024
China’s high-stakes diplomacy: Managing Middle Eastern turmoil
Will Beijing exert more effort to calm the region and protect its economic interests and credibility? -
30 Jul 2024
Made in the USA: America’s gambit to reclaim industrial primacy
Dominance in next-generation industry relies on people and partnerships to short-circuit China’s leading edge. -
15 Jul 2024
What next for UK trade relations with the EU?
The ushering in of new blood in Westminster promises less ideology on trade, but no fewer red lines. -
1 Jul 2024
China’s spluttering growth engines
The distortions of Beijing’s unbalanced growth model are coming home to roost. -
25 Jun 2024
Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles
Protectionism isn’t going to help with meeting global climate ambitions. -
11 Jun 2024
Rare earths vs rarer resources: Global ripples from Australia’s divestment decision
Climate change is a challenge China and the United States are fighting together, making technological cooperation key. -
30 May 2024
Fibs, squibs, and trading digs
Is it any wonder the public is often bemused about the merits of trade policy? -
29 May 2024
A growth agenda for India-Australia economic ties
Recent steps forward on the trade front have also cleared the way for greater ambition in the partnership. -
27 May 2024
What do Biden’s big new China tariffs mean for global development?
Downsides abound but there’s also a path where developing nations benefit. -
13 May 2024
Made in Australia meets China’s export juggernaut
China’s irrepressible appetite for Australian resources will severely complicate the country’s manufacturing renaissance. -
8 May 2024
The Philippines and the Digital Silk Road
China is shaping the emerging digital landscape in Southeast Asia, reflecting a wider competition. -
23 Apr 2024
The Kyrgyzstan route facilitating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s military aims in Ukraine have been furthered by its trade with the Central Asian nation. -
18 Apr 2024
Is the EU Australia’s blind spot in the Indo-Pacific?
In region worried about militarisation, what is perceived as the EU’s weakness by Australia may be its main strength. -
18 Apr 2024
Economic diplomacy: Made in Australia with new energy
The government wants to manufacture an election winning industry policy that also sounds tough on various foreign partners. -
4 Apr 2024
Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN
Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises. -
20 Mar 2024
China’s dominance over critical minerals poses an unacceptable risk
The present market structure gives Beijing a whip hand – and we’ve already seen the consequences. -
18 Mar 2024
Reverse colonialism? India and Britain’s free trade agreements
The failure of FTA talks between New Delhi and London rings with an unmistakable tone of irony. -
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15 Mar 2024
Shipping and the great shrinking waterways
With droughts a more regular feature due to climate change, the globe needs a big rethink on supply chains. -
1 Mar 2024
The parts within the whole: Understanding Southeast Asia’s economies
The diversity within the region is as important to understand as the ways ASEAN seeks to build consensus. -
19 Feb 2024
Kicking up a stink: Europe’s farmers, like those in Australia, are counting costs
International turmoil is having mixed political consequences both near and far. -
1 Feb 2024
Vietnam’s ports prosper as supply chains fracture
The country was seen as a winner in the US-China trade war. But the gains are quite extraordinary. -
18 Jan 2024
Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China
New Cabinet papers reveal the origins of trade pragmatism and the Coalition’s embrace of communism with market characteristics. -
16 Jan 2024
Global economic prospects are the worst in decades but investing in the future could be the answer
The World Bank reports on why global growth and poverty reduction are slowing but points to investment as a way forward. -
7 Dec 2023
Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain
Australia is now a big exporter of “bottleneck products” in a deglobalising world, just as it tries to rebuild manufacturing. -
23 Nov 2023
Economic diplomacy: Hits and misses for Project Diversify
India and Vietnam are the rising new trade partners as business cools on China amid new American protectionism. -
22 Nov 2023
Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?
An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route.