カテゴリー: International trade
An 80% tariff on barley means switching to other crops or finding alternative markets. But at least there’s been rainThe timing was exquisite. Just as many Australian farmers had mostly finished sowing, Beijing’s 80% tariff imposed on our second bigges…
Monetary fund warns the US and China against continuing trade war, saying it could damage coronavirus recoveryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe head of the International Monetary Fund has signalled a possible downward revi…
Australian exporters brace for impact as death toll rises and much of China’s huge economy remains in lockdownAustralian exporters heavily dependent on China are braced for the full impact of the coronavirus on Australian exports, from iron ore and LNG…
Administration drops charges as the two superpowers move closer to a trade dealThe Trump administration has withdrawn its designation of China as currency manipulator, as the two economic superpowers move closer to a trade deal.The decision to drop the…
Scott Morrison says 15-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership would be ‘bigger and better’ with India in itAustralia will sign on to a major free-trade deal involving 15 countries from the Asia-Pacific region, albeit one diminished by Indi…
Sixteen-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will cover half the planet’s peopleThe world’s largest trade deal is unlikely to be signed this year, with a draft statement from south-east Asian leaders suggesting it will be delayed until 20…
Campaign accused of ignoring colonial abuses when setting out maritime industries’ futureHistorians and academics have labelled a new government campaign “tone deaf” and “historically illiterate” for using images of ships used for slavery and colonisat…
Prices are at record levels and demand is growing for fishermen north of the border after China imposed tariffs on live lobstersLong hours, rolling ocean swells, and the occasional spring snowstorm are all part of the job for Francis Morrissey.“It’s br…
Thinktank says Australia won’t be able to avoid economic disruption if Chinese economy is forced into hard landingAustralia’s federal government must focus on building new free trade agreements and give up the dream of a budget surplus if the country i…
Trump: corn sales ‘tremendous for farmers’ hit by tariffsAbe: goal is to sign agreement at UN General Assembly The US and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade deal that Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe said they hoped to sign in N…
Move puts additional 5% and 10% on imports in latest tit-for-tat between top two economiesChina has unveiled retaliatory tariffs against about $75bn (£60bn) worth of US goods, putting up to 10% on top of existing rates in the latest tit-for-tat in the …
Video obtained by the Guardian shows the unloading of Iranian fertiliser from a cargo ship, CS Future, at Lianyungang port in China. The fertiliser is then loaded onto another cargo ship, the Bulk Aquila, which was due to carry the product to India on …
Trade war rhetoric ratchets up as Beijing responds to US claim of being ‘a currency manipulator’China stepped up the trade war rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing the US of “deliberately destroying international order” with “unilateralism and protectionism”….