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.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
26 Jul 2023
A return to old-school mercantilism?
Suspicion and economic competition are forcing states back in time, with protectionism and self-sufficiency the new norm. -
2 May 2023
Choosing openness in the international economy
As the region seeks to rebound from a global economic downturn, the free flow of goods and services is key. -
10 Oct 2022
EU in the driver’s seat on Indo-Pacific trade deals
Is the New Zealand–European Union free trade agreement an omen for Australia’s negotiations? -
25 Jul 2022
India’s trade policy needs to prioritise the region
New Delhi’s economic integration with Asian neighbours will enhance global value chains and ensure its trade resilience. -
24 Jun 2021
Australia sweeps the table in the UK trade deal
Tariff elimination on this scale through a free trade agreement is almost unprecedented. -
7 Jul 2020
The economics of national security in Hong Kong
China’s new Hong Kong legislation shows how national security has become a part of the state’s economic arsenal. -
14 Apr 2020
Trading our way out of the Covid-19 lockdown
Protectionism, either within or between countries, is a sure way of achieving a prolonged recession. -
5 Dec 2019
Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China
A shortage of judges on the WTO trade court is bringing appeals to a halt, just as trade disputes are on the rise. -
7 Mar 2018
Multilateral trade versus self-interest
Australia could chose an approach to minimise the political damage from failing to obtain an exemption to Trump’s tariffs. -
1 Sep 2017
Free trade is being deferred but not reversed
This is something trade policy experts understand but many market analysts do not.