With tariff threats against both friend and foe, regional trade agreements will assume greater importance.

With a change of guard in the White House, Australia could take its lead from Chifley’s art of the deal.

China’s irrepressible appetite for Australian resources will severely complicate the country’s manufacturing renaissance.

Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises.

Canberra must move fast on a formal information-sharing facility to reach its regional economic and foreign policy goals.

Competition over strategic commodities may increasingly define the economic relationship between the two producers.

A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking.

New Cabinet papers reveal the origins of trade pragmatism and the Coalition’s embrace of communism with market characteristics.

While other partners are taking care of business, Australia lacks the trade support it needs to thrive.

Canberra should not let increased trade and political engagement with Taipei be held hostage to Beijing’s sensitivities.

Australia is now a big exporter of “bottleneck products” in a deglobalising world, just as it tries to rebuild manufacturing.

The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?

Diplomacy, economic partnerships, copper mines and instant noodles - the Moore Report has much to reflect on.

Most economies in Southeast Asia are net food importers. Is now the time for Australia to step up its export production?

Canberra’s defence ties with Manila have gone from strength to strength. Now it’s time to step up economic linkages.

Good vibes could turn into a solution – but if China demands a quid pro quo, reaching agreement will be complex.

Is the New Zealand–European Union free trade agreement an omen for Australia’s negotiations?

Regional expertise needs to extend well beyond base literacy and towards a more Asia-capable workforce.

Australia is building the micro foundations for global cooperation.

A new world has created new opportunities in energy, security and diplomacy that Canberra should grab without delay.

“Friendshoring” offers a half-way house between reshoring production and diversifying markets in a deglobalising world.

Australia’s next government needs to find ways to relate to the region that don’t depend on geopolitical alignment.

More than ever, Australia’s national security and economic resilience goals need integrating with smart trade policy.

Australia had been an infrequent user of this tool. But the system is now more relevant than ever.

Commercial links may be China’s response to the submarine deal.

Australian investors are pulling out of China just as the country has become the largest recipient of FDI.

China isn’t mentioned nearly as much in the government’s latest budget papers, but its presence looms throughout.

President Biden moves to suspend vaccine patents, RCEP ramps up, IA-CEPA gets a lesson and US dollar reserves tank.

Targeted sanctions on Australian exports have affected billions in trade, but the real damage has been limited.

Some 400,000 seafarers are currently stuck on ships, past the end of their contracts, unable to go home.

Reshoring incentives gather steam, India’s RCEP regrets sink in, and Indonesia’s stimulus spending gets stuck.

The shadow trade minister sets out a four-point plan for Australia to turn an unparalleled crisis into an opportunity.

Recent parliamentary submissions offer a window into the opportunities and risks when the country re-emerges more fully.

A deal between two liberalised economies on opposite sides of the globe can only improve a small number of pain points.

The power of proximity has long surpassed the “tyranny of distance” in Australian trade relations.

What might have been, had Australia had a crack at becoming a strategic hub for niche “world cars”.

A shortage of judges on the WTO trade court is bringing appeals to a halt, just as trade disputes are on the rise.

A government promise to cover 90% of Australia’s trade with FTAs went largely unheralded during the election campaign.

Helping Australian dairy farmers in hard times is a job for insurance, not subsidies that could have international cost.

After years of negotiation and drama, the revived agreement on balance is probably advantageous for global trade.

Given Australia's disappointment over Canada's last-minute TPP snub, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo likely had no hesitation in lodging the complaint over wine.

Uncertainty in Australian federal politics has spawned narrowly-focused political interests and an anti-free trade sentiment is also manifest.

The stability of Australia’s commercial relationship with Japan conceals some significant developments.

A different angle on the US vs China economic partner debate, why private companies do better in Asia, and the new version of globalisation as per McKinsey's.

Nation states, despite their political tenacity, are an economic anachronism.