Gary Banks’ Patchwork Economy speech deserves a second, third hearing in Canberra is.gd/UAyAhN
“If you do not know the answer to a question, the right response is not to make a number up…” John Kay on modelling : is.gd/NVLURo
Trade agreements technology broken; Rowan Callick reports my APEC Centre talk http://t.co/j1Syaar9
How many women drive taxis in Melbourne? Any? Why?
From the “Great last lines” department (trig division)…. is.gd/lIVUfM
@chrisberg @SincDavidson PC 2010 report shows 3 price undertakings among 27 measures. Certainly underestimate; counts only formal provisions
@chrisberg @SincDavidson No data on settlements that I know. But will check. Low consumer web prices are evidence of what…? :-)
@SincDavidson Most (?) AD on intermediates so price impacts everywhere. Many importers up prices to avoid final determination; insidious!
@SincDavidson Purchases r dutiable at customs barrier + A-D if app. Firms selling by global web tender i.e. open market price have been AD’d
@SincDavidson Alas not so; Australian mining firms sourcing thru global (web) tenders have seen the winning bidder successfully anti-dumped!
If Japan joins TPP it ceases to be an FTA only policy wonks could love http://t.co/HZ6ZCEzc
Can critical mass agreements save WTO from choking on BRICS and bluster? I’ll show how… And how not here http://t.co/R1e2IJIy
Anti-dumping policy is Abbott’s CO2 tax moment. A useless tax on an imaginary harm ‘demonstrated’ by a corruptible process. Just crap!