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  • 18 Jan 2023
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Technology
    • Sex and Gender

    Link start-ups ecosystems to build influence in Southeast Asia

    Robert Law
    Australia should launch a major initiative to support investment with new business prospects in the region.
  • 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?
  • 6 Oct 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Economic diplomacy: Time for transparency on aid reform

    Greg Earl
    A new study reveals difficult trade-offs between development spending on governance and the decline of democracy.
  • 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.
  • 28 Jul 2020
    • Trade
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China

    Managing Chinese economic risks means more than diversification

    Heath Baker
    How does Australia confront the possibility of Beijing’s economic coercion?
  • 24 Apr 2019
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Asean
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific

    Economic diplomacy: ASEAN trade, BRI deals and ageing Asia

    Greg Earl
    The unwieldy sounding AANZFTA is a surprise hit with Australian business.
  • 27 Jul 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Economic diplomacy brief: Intelligence Review, econocrats back RCEP, in thrall to China and more

    Greg Earl
    Business has been called on to be a key player in an intriguing, new and more contestable approach to intelligence gathering and analysis.
  • 26 Sep 2016
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    Trans-Pacific Partnership in doubt, but does it matter?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 3 Dec 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why DFAT is wrong on the opportunity cost of FTAs

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 1 Dec 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Douglass North and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

    Stephen Grenville
  • 24 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Chinese investment in Australia: Sometimes it makes sense to sell the farm

    Stephen Grenville
  • 9 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Drop the currency manipulation grudge to reap the benefits of a bigger TPP

    Stephen Grenville
  • 5 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia and Asia

    India's interests are aligning with Australia's; now Modi must grasp the opportunity

    Pradeep Taneja
  • 3 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    TPP: Australia should bring in China and Indonesia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 2 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Vietnam and Australia: Common interests should be reflected in closer ties

    Helen Clark
  • 6 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations

    TPP: Not worth the risk

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 21 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australia's Future Submarine Project: The urgent need for economic scrutiny

    Stephen Grenville
  • 17 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    If Scott Morrison becomes treasurer, he can't change the world. But he can reinterpret it

    John Edwards
  • 14 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy
    • Nuclear energy

    Reader riposte: Australia-India nuclear deal

  • 9 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why we shouldn't worry: This is what an economic transition is supposed to look like in China

    John Edwards
  • 7 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Foreign Policy

    How dependent is Australia on China's economic growth?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 28 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Public Opinion Polling

    The TPP is still alive and Australia will likely sign

    Stephen Grenville
  • 13 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations

    What's the harm in being transparent about the TPP negotiations?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 30 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    Is the US Congress the main impediment to a rules-based order?

    Malcolm Jorgensen
  • 13 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia's Pacific aid budget spared from serious cuts

  • 4 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    The secretive TPP: Never again

    Stephen Grenville
  • 23 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Economic history makes a comeback

    Hannah Wurf
  • 15 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Is capital globally mobile?

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 13 Apr 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Why a 'Google tax' is not the answer to corporate tax avoidance

    Mike Callaghan
  • 10 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why Australia needs Austrade

    Bruno Mascitelli
  • 7 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    The TPP and intellectual property rights

    Stephen Grenville
  • 25 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Australia needs a modern and globalised tax system

    Mike Callaghan
  • 24 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF

    UK budget: A test for 'expansionary austerity'

    Stephen Grenville
  • 16 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the rise of regionalism

    Stephen Grenville
  • 10 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF
    • Geo-economics

    Negative interest rates: We are flying blind

    Mike Callaghan
  • 25 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Terrorism
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • International Relations
    • Geo-economics

    Julie Bishop goes to Tehran

    Dina Esfandiary
  • 18 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Does it matter if Australia is no longer among the top 20 largest economies?

    Mike Callaghan
  • 18 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    A currency war would be no bad thing

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 9 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Do multinational corporations pay all the tax they should?

    Mike Callaghan
  • 5 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Resource security
    • Energy

    Australia is not meeting its IEA oil reserve targets

    Christian Downie
  • 9 Dec 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Murray Report: Capital levels a domestic concern, not international

    Mike Callaghan
  • 8 Dec 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why Peter Thiel is wrong about monopolies

    Stephen Grenville
  • 5 Dec 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    A 'barbarous relic': Why can't interest rates be negative?

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 27 Nov 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Beyond the Boom: A response to John Edwards

    Jonathan Pincus
  • 14 Nov 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Beyond the Boom: A response to Jonathan Pincus

    John Edwards
  • 10 Nov 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • WTO

    APEC in Beijing: Too many trade initiatives and too little progress

    Stephen Grenville
  • 30 Sep 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Australian Customs: A bigger role to play in trade

    Stephanie Dunstan
  • 29 Sep 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia and Asia

    Australia needs a role in Asia's emerging economy boom

    Stephen Grenville
  • 25 Sep 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Development Assistance
    • Foreign Policy

    Why Australia should join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

    Philippa Brant
  • 8 Sep 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    State-owned enterprises: A strange fixation

    Stephen Grenville
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