INSIGHT: Australia joins RCEP
RECENT news on the international trade stage has been less than optimistic – especially for those Australian exporters who are held up by ongoing Chinese trade bans on some of our...
COMMENT: Congestion and other charges choking trade at Port Botany
IT SEEMS counterintuitive but even as Australia struggles out of recession and pandemic, a number of lines have determined that the state of services through Port Botany require...
COMMENT: Commonwealth moves to rein in agreements
THE AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth Constitution has an interesting history including its development through a series of Constitutional Conventions between representative of state...
OPINION: Start of new Indonesian Free Trade deal to be a bright spot in our trade agenda
ONE of the major tasks for governments around the world are to adopt measures which may assist business to recover and thrive as they plan to move out of COVID – 19 restrictions....
COMMENT: New Australian export controls on goods during the COVID – 19 crisis
FURTHER to the update last week, the government has now moved to impose export controls on “COVID – 19” goods during the present “human biosecurity period”. The Australian Border...
COMMENT: Controls on exports during Covid-19
THERE have been suggestions the federal government, through the Australian Border Force was proposing to control exports of certain items of high demand during the Covid-19 crisis...
TRADE LAW: High Court rules on “Vita gummies” and “Garcinia weight”
WE HAVE previously written at length on decisions of the AAT, or State or Federal Courts on the classification of goods for customs purposes. The classification of goods is a...
OPINION: China catches a coronavirus and global trade may get very ill
AS I write this article, news of the spread of the “coronavirus” becomes worse on a regular basis. According to current media nearly 60 million people in China’s largest cities...
OPINION: US China trade agreement - Phase One
IN MUCH the same way that Australia welcomed rain this week, the release of “Phase One” of the US and China Agreement had led to some degree of relief and confidence in the...
OPINION: Australia suffers a rare defeat at the WTO
WHILE much debate surrounds the operation of our anti - dumping legislation in practice it may be a surprise to some that we did not create the regime unilaterally. Our regime...
COMMENT: Agreement on finalisation of RCEP
AS MUCH of Australia’s focus was taken by the Melbourne Cup carnival, the leaders of 15 of the 16 nations negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)...
TRADE LAW: Improving trade through coastal shipping
EVEN with the current political pressures around global trade and the supply chain, there seems to be little prospect that there will be no reduction in goods being moved through...
TRADE LAW: The battle grows against non-tariff barriers
AS RATES of general tariffs move downwards - with the exception of those moving upwards in the current US against China and the EU disputes - one of the main restrictions on...
TRADE LAW: An agenda for digital trade
TECHNOLOGY has contributed to improvements in trade and is seen as one means to facilitate improvements. For example, many parties are looking to blockchain as a means to enhance...
TRADE LAW: Please sir, a dog ate my Brexit
THE TERM “Brexit” has well and truly entered into regular use and represents one of the top topics for news and current affairs at the moment. The world is transfixed by...
