Trade & IP Unit
Economics & Deregulation / Trade & IP Unit
The purpose of the Trade and Intellectual Property Unit is to educate policymakers and the public about the value of intellectual property to Australia's economy, and the importance of expanding free trade across the world. Institute of Public Affairs publications have focused on developing the case for intellectual property, examining the significance of the 'fair trade' movement, and looking at looming treats to free trade.
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Palm oil boycott will hurt impoverished farmers
Over the past few weeks New Zealand-based green groups and activists have called for a boycott on Cadbury products because of the use of Malaysian...
Mere words won't save free trade
Despite Labor's posturing; the evidence is mounting that the party's free-trade credibility is weakening. Last month, the NSW government introduced...
Death of author unlikely
The biggest barrier to the Australian book industry's success won't be the demise of parallel import restrictions; it'll be the cultural cringe...
Readers pay a price for authors' greed
The campaign by wealthy Australian authors such as Tim Winton and Bryce Courtenay against reforms that would enable Australians to buy cheaper...
Australian authors on Clown Street over book prices
Tim Winton is the master of fiction. But his latest tirades prove he doesn't understand when reality kicks in. Last week Winton won a fourth Miles...
Spread the flu virus to stop it
The death toll from swine flu is mounting. But in one respect we can count ourselves lucky: The virus originated in Mexico, a country that quickly...
A return to growth involves nurturing free trade
This week, the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, is in Australia warning against the threat of protectionism. When...
Investment key to free trade
Martin Feil's criticism of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (Trade millstone around Australia's neck, 10/02) ignores its real gains. Feil...
Green plan won't help spluttering car makers
News that exports of Holden utes to America have been cancelled is the latest nail in the coffin of the Australian automotive industry. It is an...
A Bad Climate Trade-off
The high priests of climate change are wrapping up their latest meeting today in Poznan, Poland, where the United Nations is hosting a conference...
