Globalisation - Economy
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Design skills missing from manufacturing economy in Tasmania
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Tasmania is hopes to see more homegrown industrial designers to give the advanced manufacturing industry and competitive edge.
Topics: rural, unemployment, globalisation---economy, manufacturing, industrial-design
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Topics: rural, unemployment, globalisation---economy, manufacturing, industrial-design
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RBA warns against closing trade barriers in wake of Trump election
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RBA governor Philip Lowe urges international investors to push back against a return to trade barriers by populist politicians ahead of Friday's statement on monetary policy.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Australia 'needs to fight back' against trade protectionism
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As Donald Trump's protectionist policies continue to ratchet up global nerves, the Australian Government is being urged to seek trade deals that don't rely on the US.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, trade, markets, australia, united-states
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Scrapping the TPP Trump's first shot before aiming at China
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Analysts fear the scrapping of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is just the first shot in a trade war before US President Donald Trump takes direct aim at Australia's major trading partner, China.
Topics: trade, globalisation---economy, united-states, australia, china
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Rich getting richer while everybody else is getting poorer: survey
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Nearly half of all Australian households earning less than $40,000 a year said they went backwards financially last year, and only a third of households reported income gains, according to a survey.
Topics: globalisation---economy, unemployment, australia
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What if America starts producing everything at home? Analysis
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Ultimately, desperate US corporations could lean further towards automation, robotics and artificial intelligence, and seek ways to eliminate labour altogether, writes Ian Verrender.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, globalisation---economy, trade, united-states
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Chinese online retail giant Alibaba's new Melbourne HQ to put squeeze on local retailers
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China's e-commerce giant Alibaba sets up in Melbourne, but the Australian Retailers Association warns this could increase pressure on local businesses already doing it tough.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, retail, industry, melbourne-3000, australia, china
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China's economy shows signs of stabilising as manufacturing activity expands
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It is hardly a great economic leap forward, but another solid set of data from China's industrial heartland points to promising start to the year, rather than the rout that ushered in 2016.
Topics: manufacturing, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, china
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Analysis: America, home of the (very) brave? Analysis
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Scratch the surface, and the idea of America as a bastion of freedom and land of opportunity for those who have what it takes to "make it" on their own can starkly contrast with the reality.
Topics: donald-trump, globalisation---economy, international-financial-crisis, poverty, us-elections, health, careers, 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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What will be the damage when the UK leaves the EU single market?
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During the Brexit referendum, Theresa May made it clear that if the UK left the EU and the single market, Britain would be worse off. Now as prime minister, she is leading the push to leave both institutions, Steve Cannane writes.
Topics: trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, economic-trends, government-and-politics, united-kingdom, european-union
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Xi Jinping defends free trade at World Economic Forum
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Chinese President Xi Jinping offers a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in a speech underscoring Beijing's desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward.
Topics: trade, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, government-and-politics, markets, currency, globalisation---economy, switzerland, china, united-states, asia
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Davos forum confronts chilly reception to globalisation Analysis
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The Davos World Economic Forum is confronting one of the biggest challenges thus far to its mantra that economic globalisation is good.
Topics: globalisation---economy, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, international-financial-institutions, multinationals, management, switzerland
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Moody's to pay $1.1 billion to settle claims it inflated ratings
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Moody's Corp agrees to pay nearly $1.1 billion to settle federal and state claims it gave inflated ratings to risky mortgage investments in the years leading up to the financial crisis.
Topics: globalisation---economy, international-financial-crisis, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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Trump, Brexit and beyond: Stories that shaped the world in 2016
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A king died, a city was reclaimed from rebels, and China found an unlikely new friend — these are just some of the seismic events that happened in 2016 and could affect us in the years ahead.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, globalisation---economy, united-states, united-kingdom, china, indonesia, european-union
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Australia lost $4.8b in 2014 to tax-dodging multinationals: Oxfam
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Tax dodging by Australian-based multinationals through 15 of the worst corporate tax havens cost Australia up to $4.8 billion in 2014, according to Oxfam.
Topics: multinationals, globalisation---economy, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, trade, australia
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Topics: housing, housing-industry, banking, globalisation---economy, mining-industry, mining-rural, kambalda-6442
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Current account deficit narrows sharply but exports continue to drag on GDP
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Australia's current account deficit narrows sharply thanks to surging coal and iron ore prices.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, markets, trade, australia
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China seizes opportunity after Trump threatens to dump TPP Analysis
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United States President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to dump or renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office is a gift for the Chinese in their drive to control the world economy.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, international-aid-and-trade, trade, government-and-politics, world-politics, china, united-states, australia
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Wall Street reaches records but PIMCO warns the good times may not last
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With optimistic investors pushing Wall Street to fresh record highs again overnight, the world's largest bond trader PIMCO warns President-elect Donald Trump's protectionist policies risk a recession.
Topics: globalisation---economy, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, markets, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states
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Topics: housing-industry, house-and-home, globalisation---economy, banking, kalgoorlie-6430
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Topics: housing, housing-industry, banking, globalisation---economy, mining-industry, mining-rural, kambalda-6442
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Turnbull meets with Obama, talks trade, terrorism and Trump
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On the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Peru, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is seeking to tease out Barack Obama's expectations of how US security and economic policy may change under the Trump administration.
Topics: apec-economic-leaders-meeting, trade, globalisation---economy, world-politics, foreign-affairs, peru, australia
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