Agreements and Treaties
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Donald Trump blindsides markets, business leaders Analysis
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Less than two weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, markets and business leaders around the world have been blindsided by the pace of change.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, economic-trends, markets, currency, stockmarket, multinationals, regulation, agreements-and-treaties, trade, united-states, australia
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British MPs support moving Brexit legislation to next stage
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British MPs approve legislation seeking parliament's approval for the start of formal divorce talks with the European Union, allowing it to progress to the next parliamentary stage.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, trade, united-kingdom
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Wine industry cautious about free trade headwinds
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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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Mexican farmers angry over US border wall plan
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US 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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Donald Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from Trans-Pacific Partnership Video
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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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Paul Schembri discusses the future of the TPP Audio
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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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Sugar industry holds out hope Trump will accept trade deal
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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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Britain will leave EU single market: May
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British 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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ABC Rural looks back at 2016
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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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Multinationals launch 50 lawsuits worth $31b against Asian nations
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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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OPEC gets its cartel mojo back to stop its members going broke Analysis
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Given 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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Could the price of oil finally be on the rise?
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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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Daniel Andrews signs agreement with Fujitsu image
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Topics: agreements-and-treaties, corporate-governance, morwell-3840
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Australia to champion free trade as APEC talks begin
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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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John Kerry visits Antarctica in historic visit
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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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'Don't start hyperventilating': Turnbull Government reassures Australians
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The 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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President Trump: what now for global trade? Audio
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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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China overtakes US as biggest importer of Australian wine (photos)
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Australia'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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Non-binding aspects of PACER Plus forced Fiji's withdrawal, says economist Audio
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The 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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Fiji withdraws from PACER Plus Audio
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Fiji 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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Tourism set to benefit from increasing trade between China and the Pacific Audio
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As 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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Pacific trade with China doubles amid environmental concern Audio
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In 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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Pacific trade officials who negotiated PACER Plus should be sacked, says trade expert Audio
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One 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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Australia, PNG at loggerheads over rice trade Audio
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Exports 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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Australia reaffirms benefits of PACER Plus deal Audio
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Across 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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