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India is poised to become a superpower and presents burgeoning opportunities for Australian businesses with an interest in international trade. By 2013 India will be the third largest economy in the world. In the flurry of all of the current focus on China (extensive media coverage, the resources boom, the Shanghai World Expo and Government [...]
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It’s supposed to be the mother of all trade negotiations, but what else does the Doha Round represent and how will it affect Australian exporters? Doha, capital city of emerging emirate Qatar in the Middle East, was the site of the 2001 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, a meeting held biennially by the topmost [...]
...read moreIndian Government proposals for regulation of around 500 Indian law firms, the introduction of a compulsory code of practice for lawyers, proposals to ban accountants performing legal work and the possible entry of foreign legal firms into India on a level playing field with local lawyers all potentially have a profound effect on international trade. [...]
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Minister for Trade Simon Crean has reassured Japan that Australia’s legal action over Japanese whaling would not disrupt trade between the two countries. “I don’t think the national sentiments are deteriorating,” he said. Speaking from Japan, where he will be in trade negotiations to progress a free trade agreement with the Asian economy, Crean acknowledged [...]
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Free trade agreements are the darling of any economic relationship, but what are their limitations, and how can you maximise the benefits they bring? Earlier this year, the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) released results from a survey they conducted among small to large exporters on the benefits of free trade agreements. The survey found [...]
...read moreIt’s Australia’s biggest free trade agreement, and a step towards uniting South East Asia as one market, but what else does AANZFTA mean for exporters?
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Protecting your brand or trade name is now more important than ever. Registration of a domain name, as with the registration of a business name or company names, does not give a right to use that name with impunity. As shocking as that may sound, even a natural person has no absolute right to use [...]
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The Federal Government has ordered a Productivity Commission review of Australia’s bilateral and regional trade agreements, which will measure our trade and investment performance and identify any barriers. While the Rudd government supports multilateral deals such as the Doha Round, Australia’s focus on bilateral and regional trade and investment has resulted in six Free Trade [...]
...read moreThe next round of free trade negotiations between Australia and China has been scheduled for February 2010, more than a year after they stalled in December 2008. Agricultural obstacles and issues over services were blamed for the earlier impasse. “They weren’t prepared to deal seriously on their sensitive issues, agriculture and services. Theirs is an [...]
...read moreMinister for Trade Simon Crean has announced funding of $1 million towards the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), a facility designed to strengthen research on regional economic integration. ERIA will research important structural reforms needed to rebalance Asia’s growth away from exports and towards domestic demand as a way to return [...]
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