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Yes we can... with exceptions, qualifications and requirements

Trade & IP Unit | Chris Berg
The Drum 23rd November, 2011

Barack Obama told the Australian Parliament last Thursday that our country and his are "among the most open economies on Earth". This is true, as...

Free trade tied up in knots

Trade & IP Unit | John Roskam
The Australian Financial Review 18th November, 2011

We should welcome the fact that Australia will be the shower head capital of the world thanks to what happened in Honolulu a few days ago. Leaders...

Free trade reform must look beyond tariffs

Trade & IP Unit | Tim Wilson
The Drum 2nd November, 2011

The Gillard Government's recent rhetoric on free trade deserves praise. Now they have to deliver. At a CHOGM business forum last week the Prime...

Why doubt free trade with China?

Trade & IP Unit | Chris Berg
The Drum 27th October, 2011

On Wednesday Tony Abbott told The Age that he would make a free trade agreement with China less of a priority than one with Japan - because China,...

Protecting industries and living standards

Trade & IP Unit | Alan Moran
Herald Sun 16th September, 2011

Free trade provides the cheapest goods and services for the consumer and increases real living standards. But pressures for increased industry...

Free trade: offering the best value to consumers and producers

Trade & IP Unit | Alan Moran
Online Opinion 16th September, 2011

Developments in Australian Trade Policy The Productivity Commission (PC) annually undertakes comprehensive estimates of industry protection, which...

Abbott lines up with left-wing union on protectionism

Economics & Deregulation and Trade & IP Unit | Chris Berg
The Sunday Age 14th August, 2011

The Coalition's position on anti-dumping laws is part of a worrying trend. Rarely does the federal opposition line up with the Australian Workers'...

Bankrolling Oprah: the new tourist strategy

Governance & Service Provision and Trade & IP Unit | Chris Berg
The Drum Unleashed 21st September, 2010

Fifty per cent of all advertising is wasted, says the marketing cliché. The problem is figuring out which fifty per cent. Last week we had a...

Free Trade Brings Heaps of Benefits

Trade & IP Unit | Tim Wilson
The Australian 18th January, 2010

It's five years since our free trade agreement with the US entered into force and the results are in: Australia has won. In the lead-up to January...

Why palm oil does not deserve its bad press

Food & Environment and Trade & IP Unit | Tim Wilson
New Straits Times 16th January, 2010

Recent campaigns against palm oil show non-governmental organisations are more interested in pandering to rich country donors than promoting...