insteconomics FIRB may scare off Asian investors, says industry afr.com/real-estate/fi…
Good review of CHN’s reaction, options in face of #TPP, #TTIP (via @tylercowen). Ready for a world of trade blocs?:poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?I…
Nice sceptical piece fm @alanbeattie on #TTP as geopolitics. Not sure about “surly”. on.ft.com/1N6LqML
Fascinating. “Does that romance have anything to do with liberalism and liberty?”::nybooks.com/articles/archi… img.ly/BwWH
US interests are embedded in the post-1945 settlement, while China wants institutions and arrangements of its own … on.ft.com/1HQ7Ccm
SimonEvenett If #TTIP ever happened, how would other countries react? A new #voxEU ebook is out on Monday. If you want an advance copy then contact me
… But the “weasel clause” (II.11) means it most certainly won’t!
Wouldn’t it be great if II.4 *actually* applied? RT @snlester: Leaked TPP investment chapter, dated Jan 20, 2015: wikileaks.org/tpp-investment…
“A truly ‘ambitious’ [#TTP] would do a lot to improve U.S. international relations, but it would look very different”:cato.org/blog/will-tpp-…
CatoTrade Dairy groups want #TPP to limit power of geographical indications: “non-tariff barriers aimed at thwarting imports” prn.to/1LOXyH3
The @rodrikdani philosophy. But trade serves a private interest; govt. enlisted to obscure prices, shares in rewards: project-syndicate.org/commentary/the…
The M S Akman, @SimonEvenett, P Low e-book on #TPIP will launch on @voxeu in the next couple of weeks. I describe an Antipodean perspective.
ozprodcom The Aust Govt has asked us to undertake a public inquiry into the use of charges to determine the intake of migrants. bit.ly/1I336rG
DavidLeyonhjelm As negotiated, Productivity Commission will examine our policy of replacing immigration quota with a tariff, originally proposed by Becker.
My u/grad Eng.Lit. thesis @ USyd lauded GKC’s attack on dystopian lit. ‘sensibility’. Wish I cd. do it over; better::theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Malcolm Fraser felt a patrician’s duty to be an humanitarian. A liberal, he became a socialist. A bully in argument; canny, eccentric. Vale
@dikenson @BarackObama Depressing!
Reason 6: He fears imports… Still! RT @sdonnan: Five reasons to fret about Obama’s trade agenda. Our @FT take. on.ft.com/1BAyWpW #TPP
@dikenson Good grief! I guess it must be, you know, “pornographic” as well as dead.
In AU, at least, voting is a constitutive act even when preferences have a shallow base::wpo.st/XXQ90 (H/T @snlester)
@dikenson @scottlincicome Trading partners don’t care much how you dress it up for Congress. But they DO care abt CHN accession in future.
This #TPP-as-CHN-preemption stuff has gone way too far. Absence of CHN is the biggest deficit in the “partnership”::bloombergview.com/articles/2015-…
✔️”Making Space for China”::project-syndicate.org/commentary/chi…
The watersheds of Tibet are a key location in my 2009 cyber intrigue “Cloud of Lies” (Amazon). Striking images here::maptia.com/danielmiller/s…
dikenson Bergsten’s right that US shd support China’s AIIB and not subvert it. on.ft.com/1HVOOcn Now if he’d only apply same logic to trade..
Overblown, still…”If Abbott is getting impatient with US arguments about China, then the Americans have a problem.”:theaustralian.com.au/business/abbot…
AU to “accommodate” CHN too? Best option given USA intransigence on IMF quota, governance::theaustralian.com.au/business/joe-h…
#TPP advocates, too. RT @kw_watson: RT @Newsweek: Here we go again: bashing China for votes: bit.ly/1FeALPe pic.twitter.com/aIkhRA3Moa
“Accommodation” with China on trade monetary agreements is likely good for everyone. USA should try more of it. on.ft.com/1Mwb0fM
Just look at that first sentence. 7 years on, still clueless! RT @snlester: Ask an Obama adviser a trade question: barackobama.com/ask-a-trade-qu…
snlester Is the TPP Necessary as a Response to China? cato.org/blog/tpp-neces… via @CatoInstitute
WTO agrmts still somewhat govern the government: a good thing. But RTAs are a fulcrum for rent-seeking leverage::worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2015/…
These grasping, repressive, political “defamation” actions against press curb speech, indict our parliament & laws::theaustralian.com.au/business/media…
OK for low-cost miners, great for consumers, RT @ozmining: Iron ore has hit a new low, falling to a six year trough ow.ly/K4X7V
“Is There Anything That Can Be Done About Anti-Dumping?” Extermination would be best. Ridicule better than nothing::worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2015/…
“If we don’t write the rules of 21st century trade, China will…” A foolish claim by Obama. Not what #TPP is about::bit.ly/1KktDFS
Editors of TheAus, apparently chickend out, alas. Dumped the original gem of a lead: “Water friend they have in Gina”:theaustralian.com.au/sport/gina-rin…
“[Treasurer] Joe Hockey confirming that Australia is open for business”::catallaxyfiles.com/2015/03/03/hel…
KevinPGallagher @pwgallagher weakest argument for #TPP is economic gain, only 0.38 percent of GDP in 2025, says Peterson Institute reason.com/archives/2015/…
ICTSDServices The New Services Era – I#GATSTS up to the Taskbuff.ly/17JPmp0dl vi@ICTSDS@E15Initiativeve
“The Bizarre Priorities of Trans-Pacific Partnership Proponents”. Less competition, not more. From @kw_watson ::reason.com/archives/2015/…
StephenJacobi @pwgallagher This illustrates the point I make at my blog on tradeworks.co.nz
ISDS case in the making? “Such actions are about as bad as you can get in terms of government”::theaustralian.com.au/business/opini…