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Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's trade policies and wall spat bring simmering tensions between Mexican farmers and their Government to the surface.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, fruit, farm-labour, immigration, vegetables, united-states, canada
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US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders withdrawing America from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Topics: trade, world-politics, agreements-and-treaties, united-states
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Canegrowers chairman Paul Schembri says the industry will be disappointed if the United States pulls out of the Trans Pacific Partnership
Topics: rural, agreements-and-treaties, globalisation---economy, economic-trends, sugar, international-aid-and-trade, trade, bundaberg-4670
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Cane growers say they will be disappointed if the United States pulls out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, which gives them new access to a lucrative market.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, globalisation---economy, economic-trends, sugar, trade, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedBritish PM Theresa May puts an end to speculation of a "soft Brexit", outlining her key objectives for the country's future as a global player that aims to trade freely far beyond Europe.
Topics: world-politics, agreements-and-treaties, treaties-and-alliances, trade, united-kingdom, european-union
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For rural Australia in 2016, no policy issue was more important - or more frustrating - than the backpacker tax.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, fruit, vegetables, parliament-house-2600
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A new report finds that corporations have launched 50 lawsuits, worth at least $US31 billion, using secret international arbitration tribunals against 11 countries in the Asian region.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, multinationals, regulation, regional-development, business-economics-and-finance, asia, australia
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| UpdatedGiven the fraught political nature of "Big Oil" and low expectations of an outcome, the agreement hammered out by OPEC is quite a nifty bit of diplomatic wrangling engineered by Saudi Arabia.
Topics: economic-trends, oil-and-gas, trade, agreements-and-treaties, business-economics-and-finance, saudi-arabia
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After more than a year in the doldrums because of a slowing global economy, could the price of oil finally be on the rise?
Topics: oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, trade, agreements-and-treaties, markets, saudi-arabia, iraq, united-states
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Topics: agreements-and-treaties, corporate-governance, morwell-3840
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Australia is determined not to bow to any drift towards protectionism and will take a leadership role in advocating free trade during talks at the APEC Summit Peru, as Trade Minister Steve Ciobo begins negotiations with his counterparts.
Topics: trade, world-politics, agreements-and-treaties, peru, australia, united-states
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US Secretary of State John Kerry is on a two-day trip to Antarctica during to hear from scientists about the impact of climate change on the frozen continent.
Topics: world-politics, climate-change, agreements-and-treaties, international-aid-and-trade, antarctica, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThe Turnbull Government is seeking to reassure Australians following a US presidential election that could dramatically change the global trade landscape.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, agreements-and-treaties, trade, federal-government, environmental-policy, agribusiness, agricultural-subsidies, agricultural-prices, fruit, sugar, vegetables, wheat, agricultural-policy, world-politics, beef-cattle, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600, united-states
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is almost certainty dead and the global trade landscape is uncertain, after Donald Trump claimed a stunning victory in the US presidential election. Mr Trump campaigned on a proudly anti-trade platform, tapping into deep reservoirs of anger and frustration in the American rust belt where manufacturing jobs have disappeared. It is not clear what happens next, as Anna Vidot reports.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, agreements-and-treaties, trade, federal-government, environmental-policy, agribusiness, agricultural-subsidies, agricultural-prices, fruit, sugar, vegetables, wheat, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedAustralia's wine exports have climbed by 10 per cent in value, with China displacing the US as the top export market.
Topics: viticulture, agricultural-marketing, markets, agreements-and-treaties, food-processing, adelaide-5000, china, mildura-3500, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedThe New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay has pulled out of a visit to Fiji after his Fijian counterpart signalled that his government was withdrawing from the PACER Plus trade talks.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, pacific, new-zealand, fiji
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| UpdatedFiji says it has withdrawn from the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations or PACER Plus.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, trade, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedAs Chinese aid and trade with the Pacific grows so too are the number of Chinese tourists visiting the region and Chinese investment.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, agreements-and-treaties, travel-and-tourism, tourism, pacific, china
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| UpdatedIn just one year, two-way trade between China and the Pacific has almost doubled.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, trade, agreements-and-treaties, business-economics-and-finance, pacific, china
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| UpdatedOne of the region's most experienced economists says Pacific parliaments should NOT ratify the proposed PACER Plus trade deal with Australia and New Zealand, instead they should stick with the existing agreement known as SPARTECA.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, pacific, australia, new-zealand
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| UpdatedExports to one of Australia's biggest rice markets are at risk, because of a change of government policy in Papua New Guinea.
Topics: rice, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, agreements-and-treaties, pacific, australia, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedAcross the Pacific, debate continues on the pros and cons of the proposed PACER Plus trade deal with Australia and New Zealand.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, international-aid-and-trade, pacific, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedEast Timor's former president tells a commission sitting at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that Australia exploited a vulnerable nation while negotiating treaties over oil and gas revenue.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, agreements-and-treaties, treaties-and-alliances, defence-and-national-security, east-timor
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Japan signs off on biosecurity rules which will allow Australia to export watermelons, honeydews, rockmelons and pumpkins.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, fruit, vegetables, agricultural-policy, quarantine, parliament-house-2600