The AU-JPN #FTA looks like a template to the two high-farm-protection #TPP members. This can’t be good::japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/2…
FDI ‘review’ powers are wrong in so many ways. AU is ruled by laws, open tribunals, not scandal & ministerial favour::theaustralian.com.au/business/grain…
This @rodrikdani argument overvalues the counterfactual. Consider the welfare, growth costs of autarky for the poor ::rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_w…
Abbott, Robb will need to explain how AU found itself on the wrong side of US efforts to open JPN’s market::japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/2…
jpclark14 Abe-Obama deal on #TPPA unlikely | The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/2…
Homer, Sophocles, Enoch Powell, St Paul, political corruption & the essence of liberalism! Another @HenryErgas gem::theaustralian.com.au/business/opini…
Wow! 7d (mice) protection fm H1N1 “Prevention of influenza by targeting host receptors using engineered proteins”::pnas.org/content/early/…
@B_C_A call for higher FDI thresholds good but a bit timid, unspecific. What about freeing up farm labor imports too? bca.com.au/publications/s…
The AU-JPN #FTA still looks poorly timed. Was Robb talking to Froman about #TPP strategy? Did JPN sucker-punch us? reut.rs/1jReax4
Cleaning up old pics: @wto Cancún Ministerial. Sign outside EU Delegation Office. twitpic.com/e1a2j8 petergallagher.com.au/tweetnest/::all my tweets
20 years ago today: @wto agreements signed in Marrakech. Now? Many of them are antique (Agriculture, GATS). Some( DSM) still breathe… just.
Review of likely #TTP & #TPIP provisions & impacts on non-members from @PeterDraper5 et al. Recommended: ecipe.org/media/publicat…
Slide in AU beef exports to USA in the decade since FTA cut US quotas barriers (over 18yrs to 2022): 333kt —> 177kt.pic.twitter.com/JCzcT2Dxkvv
There cd. hardly be a worse time to do a “better than nothing” deal with JPN. @WSJ editorial is close to the mark::online.wsj.com/news/articles/…
Competition for Melbourne Airport? I really hope so::blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2…
I tell ABC Business News AU-JPN FTA suggests Japan will offer, Australia accept the same old garbage in proposed #TPP:abc.net.au/news/2014-04-0…
Abbott interested in foreign policy aspects of trade, doesn’t understand how it drives growth - Bill Carmichael::theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
What risks are IEA oil-stock ‘rules’ supposed to mitigate? Alien invasion? Why does any economy comply?::online.wsj.com/news/articles/…
sdonnan ICYMI - US doesn’t like Japan-Australia #trade deal. My story for @FT on.ft.com/1e7FXu4 #TPP
How is AU-JPN FTA a big deal? Few details on services. Ag. deal is modest. FDI threshold low. Preferences ephemeral::pm.gov.au/sites/default/…
AU-JPN FTA cuts beef tariff from astronomical to pinnacle. Safeguard still stand? If triggered wd. wipe out the cut. trademinister.gov.au/releases/Pages…
sdonnan So US pork producers are pretty clear about what they want from #TPP. And it ain’t what Australia got… nppc.org/2014/04/japan-… #trade
Liberalization of Japan agriculture market or just tariff-quota tinkering? It makes a difference to #TPP prospects::theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
insteconomics New Reporting Standards Could Redraw Foreign Direct Investment Map bit.ly/1gUDMJA
Supermarket denies consumers cheap interstate milk! 20 years after State barriers pulled down! What’s ACCC doing? ::theaustralian.com.au/business/woolw…