Tag: Trade
ASEAN ends with Aust, NZ free trade deal
South East Asian nations have concluded talks with Australia and New Zealand on a comprehensive free trade deal.[MORE]
Support for WA-based wheat export futures contract
Commodities traders believe a new Western Australian based 'wheat export futures market' will create a more transparent and flexible pricing system.[MORE]
Imports up 12pc in July
Official figures show an increase in oil imports was the main factor driving up overall imports last month.[MORE]
Mayor's visit may bring Singapore trade opportunities
The Mayor of Rockhampton says there could be some trade opportunities arising from his visit to Singapore.[MORE]
US June trade gap shrinks despite oil price surge
The US trade deficit shrank unexpectedly in June as the weak US dollar helped push exports higher and overpowered record high prices for imported oil, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.[MORE]
Rudd in Singapore to discuss defence, trade
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will focus on defence, national security and trade when he meets political and business leaders in Singapore today.[MORE]
Port Kembla port breaks trade records
The Port of Port Kembla has broken all records in trade over the past financial year.[MORE]
Strong growth for live cattle exports to SE Asia
There is further evidence of a sustained boom in Australian live cattle exports to South East Asia.[MORE]
Wimmera-Mallee group returns from Sth American trade mission
A group of Wimmera-Mallee farm machinery businesses have returned to Australia from a trade mission to South America.[MORE]
AWB chief hints at October resignation
The head of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) has given his strongest indication yet that he will step down later this year.[MORE]
South Asia leaders urge joint terrorism fight
The leaders of South Asia called for a coordinated fight against terrorism as a regional summit overshadowed by worsening ties between key members India and Pakistan, opened on Saturday.[MORE]
Aust export prices rise 3pc: RBA
The prices Australia receives for its exports continue to rise.[MORE]
Flawed focus drove Doha talks to collapse
A lot of excuses will be made, but the real problem is that Doha Round stopped focusing on the WTO's primary purpose - trade liberalisation.[MORE]
Rudd keen to 'breathe life' into Doha talks
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he will be looking at ways to revive the collapsed world trade talks when he visits China next week.[MORE]
Qld well placed to cash in on goat demand: analyst
A meat industry analyst says Queensland goat producers are in an ideal position to capitalise on growing global demand for goat meat. [MORE]
RSPCA urges ban on live exports
A record shipment of cattle has arrived in Indonesia after leaving Townsville two weeks ago, amid renewed calls from the RSPCA for a ban on all live animal exports destined for slaughter.[MORE]
Call for bilateral deals as Doha talks collapse
Opposition trade spokesman Ian Macfarlane says the failure of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva overnight should increase the pressure on Australia to forge bilateral trade ties with other countries.[MORE]
Trade talks failure prompts claims of neo-colonialism
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After years of negotiations and last minute haggling at the WTO headquarters, the world trade talks have collapsed.[MORE]
AgForce disappointed with WTO talks collapse
Qld AgForce's Brett de Hayr says he is extremely disappointed by collapse of WTO talks in Geneva overnight. [MORE]
WTO talks collapse a blow for Australia: Crean
High-level world trade talks collapse after US, China and India fail to compromise on farm import rules.[MORE]
Chinese invest in Nambour 'cow candy'
A project to produce stock fodder from sugarcane that is so tasty it has been dubbed 'cow candy' is proceeding with investment from a Chinese company.[MORE]
US accuses China, India of threatening WTO round
A clash between the United States and two big emerging markets, China and India, over cutting farm and industrial tariffs has threatened to derail more than a week of work to salvage a world trade deal.[MORE]
WTO banana trade deal uncertain
Talks on ways to rescue a world trade deal reached agreement on a long-standing dispute over trade in bananas on Sunday, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said.[MORE]
Road to Doha 'littered with potholes'
Europe's trade chief has warned that the road to a successful World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal is littered with "potholes", despite emerging signs of consensus as farm tariffs still divide rich and poor countries.[MORE]
France, Italy, Ireland worried over WTO talks
Some European Union member nations have expressed concern that the bloc's trade chief Peter Mandelson might be conceding too much at world trade talks in Geneva.[MORE]
