The canker in quarantine policies
No, it’s not the bitter reaction from the apple and pear lobby to the end of our century-long ban on apple imports from NZ. What else could we expect: than...
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A great big banana tax
$5 for a banana? At $12 per kg. they’re already $3 a piece. “Australian Banana Growers Council chief executive Jonathan Eccles said yesterday heavy ...
A great big (banana) tax
Banana prices are a ridiculous $14–15 per kg. for only one reason; the outrageous ban on imports that regularly delivers massive subsidies directly ...
NZ Apples, at last! But…
"THE World Trade Organisation has overturned Australia's 90-year-long ban on importing New Zealand apples, according to NZ media reports, which are branding the...
Peru jumps the China FTA queue
This news makes the delay in agreement between Australia and China on an FTA look even more peculiar. " China and Peru on Tuesday signed a free trade agreement...
Interview in the Boao Asia Forum
The top Chinese business daily, 21st Century Business Herald, published several special editions at the recent Boao Asia Forum. Here's an interview with me on...
Banana ban breached not broken
Only eight years after the 'import risk assessment' process started, and three years after cyclone Larry's decimation of the local crop combined with the import...