TRADE LAW: Outcomes from the Australian Federal Election
THE AUSTRALIAN federal election was held on 3 May 2025. The result was a win for the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) government with a surprising increase in its majority...
TRADE LAW: Security of the supply chain
The supply chain industry is one of the most heavily regulated sectors of the economy. Many potentially dangerous items pass through the supply chain and there are regular threats...
TRADE LAW: Welcome to 2025 and more challenges in the supply chain
Every year, the global supply chain experiences a series of unexpected disruptions, requiring those in the supply chain to adapt quickly to manage those disruptions. In 2024,...
OPINION: Trump 2.0 so far
Well, the first day of “Trump 2.0” could hardly be categorised as the President’s “first day on the job” but rather the first day of a new version of the same job with a...
TRADE LAW: Alert but not alarmed
In 2017 I visited colleagues at US law firms to get some ideas of how the first Trump administration (which I will call Trump 1.0) was changing US trade policies and the effect on...
TRADE LAW: Australia inks new FTA deal with UAE
AS MANY readers would be aware, Australia has entered into several Free Trade Agreements (FTA) whether bilateral, regional or plurilateral. Many of the FTAs have led to...
TRADE LAW: What’s the fuss on de minimis?
THOSE in industry live in a world dominated by acronyms (for example, ABF, DAFF, NCTF, TFIWG, ATTP, FID and the like). Lawyers also have their own special terminology which draws...
Commencement of Australia’s free trade deals with the UK and India comes closer
IT has been a busy few weeks in the Australian Federal Parliament. The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) in parliament issued its reports into proposed treaty action...
OPINION: The UK’s new legislation on paperless trade
AS readers would be aware, there is currently significant work being conducted around the world aimed at modernising and facilitating trade. Part of that work includes attempts to...
An outline of the PC's draft report into Australia's maritime logistics system
THE Productivity Commission has finally released its draft report as part of its inquiry regarding the Australian maritime logistics system. The draft report including summaries...
PC finds costs of collecting nuisance tariffs exceed revenue collected
ON Friday, 5 August 2022, the Productivity Commission released its results of two major studies which assessed the level of government assistance to trade and industry for...
A mixed week for news on Free Trade Agreements in the northern hemisphere
As readers would be aware, both Australia and New Zealand have been pressing forward to complete Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the northern hemisphere, including FTAs with the...
The new framework of the federal government operating at the border
BEFORE our recent federal election, I penned an article for the June print edition of the Daily Cargo News focusing on what I considered were priority issues for the government in...
Australian sanctions and controls against Russia escalate and evolve
I have previously written regarding fundamental changes to Australia’s sanctions regime, from implementing UN sanctions, through to the adoption of our own Autonomous Sanctions...
At long last, Australia seals a preliminary free trade agreement with India
AFTER a long series of false starts, Australia and India have finally completed the first stage of a two-stage process that will result in a full Australia-India Comprehensive...
