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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A change is patently needed
Patents are a private property right designed to incentivise innovation. But the incentives that patents provide for pharmaceutical innovation have...
How not to halt progress
More than a hundred countries met in Accra last week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in...
Attacking patents is a way to halt progress on climate accord
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012....
Tariffs, not patents, hurt low-carbon innovation
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in...
Flawed focus drove Doha talks to collapse
The Doha Development Round is in a deep, deep coma. A lot of excuses will be made for a failure to reach agreement. But the real problem is that...
No Doha deal better than a dud one
Free trade remains in Australia's best interests. This week trade ministers descended on Geneva for negotiations to try to break the deadlock in...
A move towards certainty, please
Many reasons have been given for the closure of the Goodyear tyre factory with the loss of 600 jobs. The strong dollar, high oil prices, and poor...
EU's cheese naming proposals are on the nose
It's almost enough to make you choke on your Aussiemade camembert. The European Union is trying to use complex intellectual property rights rules...
Free trade will help the poor
TV chef Gordon Ramsay is like many other celebrities. They think that because they can sing or dance, or kick a football, or, in Ramsay's case,...
Tariff cuts do more than handouts
Kevin Rudd likes to project himself as the heir of the Hawke-Keating reform agenda. But Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reformed even when it hurt...
