Posts tagged…Fta
China’s FTA strategy
Fri, May 15 2009University of Singapore law professor Henry Gao reproduces a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that explains the benefits of the 'free trade areas' from China's viewpoint and promises to 'speed up' the negotiations of FTA agreements.
Google's translation of the statement is a bit garbled. But the general idea is clear:
"The building of Free Trade Areas has become a new era of opening…
Read more…Peru jumps the China FTA queue
Wed, Apr 29 2009This news makes the delay in agreement between Australia and China on an FTA look even more peculiar.
" China and Peru on Tuesday signed a free trade agreement, state media here said, as Beijing continues to seek new markets and reserves of raw materials to fuel its economy… China has become mineral-rich Peru's second largest trading partner after the United States. Peru is a major producer of…
Interview in the Boao Asia Forum
Tue, Apr 28 2009
The top Chinese business daily, 21st Century Business Herald, published several special editions at the recent Boao Asia Forum. Here's an interview with me on the Australia-China FTA, Australia's investment policies, quarantine barriers and the future of the Renminbi as a 'reserve' currency.
Google Translate takes its best shot here.
A framework for Chinese investment
Tue, Apr 21 2009I hope to hear more of this.
Simon Crean's suggestion that Australia and China should create a bilateral 'investment framework' is on the mark.
"Trade Minister Simon Crean says Australia and China need a more structured approach to investment to head off 'xenophobic reactions' to major deals such as the $27 billion bid by Chinalco to increase its stake in Rio Tinto". Extract from Simon Crean in Asean-Australia-NZ Free Trade Agreement Fri, Mar 13 2009
ASEAN accounts for just under 20 percent of Australia's trade ($81bn in 20087-8), so the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) that has now been submitted to parliaments for ratification is potentially a big deal.
How big it is difficult to say from a quick review. This is an extensive agreement with a lot of details that will take careful evaluation. It is apparently the…
Innovation in trade agreements
Wed, Dec 12 2007
In a speech yesterday in Singapore, Australia’s new Trade Minister (Simon Crean) pledged that future Australian bilateral agreements will ‘embody’ MFN commitments.
“As I said earlier, we do see a role for bilateral trade agreements but they must be consistent with our multilateral aims.
For example they ought to embody the most favoured nation principle.”(Simon Crean)The Minister says he will…
FTAAP proposal dumped
Fri, Nov 17 2006
‘Docking’ RTAs in the APEC region
Thu, Sep 14 2006
Crocodile tears on regional free trade
Fri, Nov 18 2005
Back to the future: an Australia-Japan FTA
Sun, Oct 02 2005
Agriculture in an Australia-Japan FTA
Sat, Sep 17 2005