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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump has created a more volatile global security situation, which could spell trouble for Australia's energy supplies, experts say.
Topics: oil-and-gas, trade, defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states, china
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| UpdatedAustralia's trade surplus dramatically shrinks by almost two-thirds, just a day after surging exports helped keep the nation out of recession.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, australia
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The company developing stage two of the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme plans to export quinoa to China for the first time.
Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, grain, trade, kununurra-6743, china
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| UpdatedRetrospective policies on profits tax and domestic reservation will hinder, not help, to bring gas costs down, according to Deloitte.
Topics: mining-rural, trade, oil-and-gas, mining-industry, perth-6000
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Farm lobby groups across the US are gearing up for another round of farm bill negotiations.
Topics: agricultural-policy, agricultural-crops, trade, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedIndonesian President Joko Widodo hears first-hand the challenges Australian businesses face in investing in his country during Sydney visit.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, agreements-and-treaties, defence-and-national-security, indonesia, australia
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Former trade minister Andrew Robb tells Beverley O'Connor that Australia should not be distracted by the Trump presidency as it prepares its first foreign policy whitepaper in 14 years.
Topics: trade, australia, united-states, china, asia
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| UpdatedThe Indonesian Government has signed off on changes to increase the average weight limit of cattle imported from Australia.
Topics: rural, trade, beef-cattle, kununurra-6743, darwin-0800, indonesia
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President Donald Trump has sworn in a who's who of oil leaders, which analysts say give his administration a pro-petroleum bias that may hurt Australia.
Topics: oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, trade, united-states, australia
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WA Premier Colin Barnett promises a new dedicated live export berth in Kwinana if re-elected, but proposes no timeline for when it will happen.
Topics: livestock-welfare, livestock, rural, trade, business-economics-and-finance, elections, kwinana-town-centre-6167, fremantle-6160
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Topics: vegetables, trade, albany-6330
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A new diagnostic tool for the devastating zebra chip disease may see faster and more accurate results, according to New Zealand scientists.
Topics: research, pests, pest-management, trade, vegetables, albany-6330, perth-6000, new-zealand
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With global markets on pause waiting for news about tax cuts in the US and the wobbly world of European politics, the busiest week of the domestic reporting season will capture most of the attention in coming days.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, consumer-finance, international-financial-institutions, currency, oil-and-gas, gold, trade, mining-industry, industry, australia
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Despite the Indonesian Government suspending the importation of Indian buffalo meat, many still believe the ban will not last.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, cattle-feedlots, trade, agricultural-policy, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedA WA farmer passionate about improving agriculture in the nation's north says there are important lessons that can be learned from South America's tropics.
Topics: rural, land-management, trade, agricultural-crops, kununurra-6743, brazil
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| UpdatedIf you bought a rose for your loved one this Valentine's Day, there is a strong chance it has come from Kenya.
Topics: rural, trade, flowers, community-and-society, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, kenya
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| UpdatedDonald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vow to push ahead with closer trade ties and downplay their differences over refugees in their first face-to-face meeting at the White House.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, trade, united-states, canada
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| UpdatedQueenslanders will be able to buy bulk meat on Sundays and hardware supplies from 6am Sundays under streamlined new trading hours laws which are to be considered by Cabinet in coming weeks.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, food-and-beverage, government-and-politics, qld
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China sustains its position as Australia's top wine export market, with the value of the market growing by 40 per cent in 2016, according to annual figures released by Wine Australia.
Topics: agribusiness, trade, china, australia
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China's trade performance rebounds strongly, with an unexpected bounce in both imports and exports.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, china
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The International Monetary Fund says Australia still faces "significant risks and uncertainties" and warns about the country's housing market and a slowdown in Australia's main trading partners, including China.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, trade, australia
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| UpdatedThree points in the Indian Ocean account for 80 per cent of the world's seaborne oil trade and there are increasing concerns about potential militarisation in the area.
Topics: trade, oil-and-gas, asia, china
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| UpdatedThe final investment decision is looming for the company which plans to build a $1.9 billion prawn farm near Kununurra.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, trade, road-transport, fishing-aquaculture, kununurra-6743
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L. Alan Winters of the UK Trade Policy Observatory tells Beverley O'Connor the bill to trigger Brexit talks will easily pass.
Topics: trade, parliament, united-kingdom, european-union