International Aid and Trade

• Australia and France to boost cooperation in the Pacific Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 57sec

  Posted March 06, 2017 07:25:00 | Updated March 06, 2017 09:25:24

  The French and Australian foreign ministers have this week announced details of an enhanced cooperation deal.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, pacific, france, australia

• Australia ignores unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen

  Correspondents Report

  By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill

  Posted February 26, 2017 20:23:13 | Updated February 26, 2017 20:56:12

  Yemen is now classified as the world's worst humanitarian disaster and described by the UN as being "on the brink of famine" but Australia has committed no funding to help save lives there.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, famine, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, foreign-affairs, federal-government, yemen, south-sudan, nigeria, somalia, australia

• Australia and Indonesia agree to fully restore military ties

  By political reporters Stephanie Anderson and Dan Conifer

  Posted February 26, 2017 13:27:04 | Updated February 26, 2017 14:43:04

  Malcolm Turnbull and Joko Widodo hold formal talks in Sydney, reviving cooperation halted after the discovery of "insulting" posters at a Perth military training base, and reaching deals on trade and a new Australian consulate in east Java.

  Topics: defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, indonesia

• Indonesia's Widodo urges businesses to invest outside traditional locations

  By David Spicer

  Posted February 25, 2017 19:16:57 | Updated February 26, 2017 00:00:34

  Indonesian 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

• Fiji marks one year since deadly Cyclone Winston Video

  Video
  The World

  4min 13sec

  Posted February 24, 2017 22:00:00 | Updated February 24, 2017 23:23:35

  Beverley O'Connor speaks to Semiti Qalowasa, the national director of Fiji's Peoples Community Network, about the country's recovery one year on from Cyclone Winston.

  Topics: cyclones, international-aid-and-trade, fiji, pacific

• Scholarships entice international students to Top End

  ABC Radio Darwin

  By Jacqueline Breen

  Posted February 24, 2017 13:00:38

  The Northern Territory is working to increase its share of Australia's third largest export sector — education.

  Topics: university-and-further-education, education-industry, international-aid-and-trade, states-and-territories, human-interest, darwin-0800, mongolia

• Asian Development Bank challenged to put more resources on the ground in the Pacific Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  5min 27sec

  Posted February 14, 2017 07:55:00 | Updated February 14, 2017 09:52:21

  A major report into the Asian Development Bank by the Lowy Institute argues that the 50-year old organisation risks losing influence and relevance in the region in the years ahead.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, pacific

• US beef imports could cause a 30 per cent drop in beef prices Audio

  Audio
  ABC News

  4min 54sec

  Posted February 07, 2017 16:23:53

  A Queensland meat processor says the price of red meat could fall if the US starts exporting beef to Australia.

  Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, rural, business-economics-and-finance, international-aid-and-trade, trade, pest-management, food-poisoning, food-safety, food-processing, agricultural-prices, brisbane-4000

• Beef prices predicted to drop by 30 per cent

  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted February 07, 2017 10:41:09 | Updated February 07, 2017 16:28:54

  A Queensland meat processor says the price of red meat could fall if the US starts exporting beef to Australia.

  Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, rural, business-economics-and-finance, international-aid-and-trade, trade, pest-management, food-poisoning, food-safety, food-processing, agricultural-prices, brisbane-4000

• SPC reflects on its achievements after 70 years of work in the Pacific islands Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 38sec

  Posted February 06, 2017 07:45:00 | Updated February 06, 2017 11:02:22

  The Pacific Community, also known as the SPC, celebrates its birthday today, 70 years since it was set up in Sydney to support the development and promote the well-being of Pacific communities.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, regional-development, pacific

• Stone fruit crop underperforms from poor weather

  Vic Country Hour

  By Emma Brown

  Posted February 02, 2017 18:12:29

  Stone fruit growers call this season a 'missed opportunity' with the weather reducing crop quality.

  Topics: fruit, fruits, crop-harvesting, international-aid-and-trade, trade, agricultural-prices, swan-hill-3585

• Trade talks on the table between Japan and the United States

  ABC Rural

  By Babs McHugh

  Posted January 30, 2017 14:38:39

  Japanese Prime Minister Abe will meet with President Donald Trump to talk trade after US exits the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

  Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, trade, international-aid-and-trade, perth-6000

• Analysis: Turnbull Government TPP policy consistency wouldn't go astray Analysis

  By business editor Ian Verrender

  Posted January 30, 2017 07:08:43 | Updated January 30, 2017 07:14:21

  They say truth is the first casualty in war, but when it comes to trade, truth has been missing in action for quite some time, business editor Ian Verrender writes.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, trade, government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, australia, united-states

• UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to most needy

  Posted January 27, 2017 16:14:43 | Updated January 27, 2017 16:33:27

  The UN humanitarian chief accuses the Syrian Government of blocking aid to hundreds of thousands of the country's most needy people, despite a nationwide ceasefire that has given "a glimmer of hope" that the conflict might be coming to an end.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, international-aid-and-trade, relief-and-aid-organisations, refugees, syrian-arab-republic

• How Trump's plan to pay for his Mexico border wall would work

  Posted January 27, 2017 13:52:22

  Will Mexico be footing the bill for Donald Trump's border wall or American consumers? What items will become more expensive? Is this even legal?

  Topics: immigration, community-and-society, trade, world-politics, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, united-states, mexico

• Mexicans react to Donald Trumps wall announcement Video

  Video
  The World

  5min 25sec

  Posted January 26, 2017 23:42:03

  Beverley O'Connor speaks to Mexican political analyst Emilio Lezama about how the impending wall is affecting Mexicans.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, international-law, government-and-politics, mexico, united-states

• Fiji minister says banning bêche-de-mer exports may be necessary Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  5min 32sec

  Posted January 24, 2017 16:45:00 | Updated January 24, 2017 17:25:36

  Fiji's Fisheries Minister is floating the idea of putting in place a complete ban on bêche-de-mer exports.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, environment, pacific, fiji

• Miners hoping Trump's troubled $1.3 trillion infrastructure spend still on table

  ABC Rural

  By Babs McHugh

  Posted January 24, 2017 16:14:42 | Updated January 25, 2017 07:29:57

  Post-TPP, Australian miners and service providers hope US President Donald Trump will get through another pledge — his massive infrastructure spend.

  Topics: mining-rural, road-transport, rail-transport, international-aid-and-trade, trade, mining-industry, perth-6000, united-states

• Trying to save the TPP 'the height of delusional absurdity': Shorten Video

  Video
  ABC News

  38sec

  Posted January 24, 2017 14:26:02 | Updated January 24, 2017 14:27:08

  Opposition Leader Bill Shorten attacks Malcolm Turnbull's hope that the TPP can be salvaged, saying the Prime Minister should focus on training apprentices and policing visas if he wants to save Australian jobs.

  Topics: federal-government, trade, international-aid-and-trade, australia

• Sue Jenkins discusses growing citrus in Laos Audio

  Audio
  ABC News

  4min 57sec

  Posted January 23, 2017 16:59:19

  Sue Jenkins says establishing a citrus industry in Laos is challenging, but fun.

  Topics: rural, international-aid-and-trade, farm-labour, community-development, fruits, fruit, mundubbera-4626, bundaberg-4670

• Australian woman builds citrus industry in Laos from scratch

  QLD Country Hour

  By Kallee Buchanan

  Posted January 23, 2017 16:59:19 | Updated January 25, 2017 12:01:54

  A Queensland citrus grower takes on the extraordinary challenge of helping develop a brand new citrus industry in the South-East Asian nation of Laos.

  Topics: rural, international-aid-and-trade, farm-labour, community-development, fruits, fruit, mundubbera-4626, bundaberg-4670

• Fiji signs up to new MSG trade agreement Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 45sec

  Posted January 23, 2017 16:00:00 | Updated January 23, 2017 17:46:06

  Fiji has signed the Melanesian Spearhead Group's new free trade agreement, which aims to further integrate the region's economies and attract foreign investors.

  Topics: world-politics, international-aid-and-trade, pacific, fiji

• Government 'working flat out' to revise TPP deal without Trump's support

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 23, 2017 10:06:45 | Updated January 23, 2017 12:29:48

  The Federal Government will seek a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal without support from US President Donald Trump, claiming it will still bring "tremendous" benefits to exporters.

  Topics: trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, australia, united-states

• Paul Schembri discusses the future of the TPP Audio

  Audio
  ABC News

  4min 42sec

  Posted January 18, 2017 15:02:09

  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

• What will be the damage when the UK leaves the EU single market?

  By Europe correspondent Steve Cannane

  Posted January 18, 2017 09:28:42 | Updated January 18, 2017 10:44:46

  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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