LABOR AND FTAs

We recently looked at the ALP policy relating to the operation of competition policy. Another area of interest is the proposed Labor approach to international trade agreements. Labor waved through the TP11 legislation – the Trans Pacific Partnership (without the US) to the chagrin of the unions. As Labor Senator Kim Carr said in the [...]

By | 2020-08-31T13:46:33+10:00 November 22nd, 2018|International, Trade|0 Comments

The More or Less TPP Moves Forward

The Australian Government will sign the On 3 March 2018 the Australian Government will sign the TPP 11 trade treaty in Santiago Chile on 8 March 2018, affirming its commitment to the treaty text agreed by the parities in Tokyo on 23 January 2018. By and large, it will be Trans Pacific Partnership agreement [...]

By | 2020-01-23T04:58:48+11:00 March 1st, 2018|Trade|0 Comments