Tag Archives: Trade
Trans-Pacific trade negotiations ‘on track’
Chris Zappone The Age The latest round of negotiations in the ambitious nine-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement concluded in Melbourne this week, with members suggesting the deal was on track ahead of the year-end goal for completion. Australia’s chief negotiator Hamish … Continue reading
Sell the farm to buy a future as China’s food bowl
Lauren Quaintance Sydney Morning Herald PLANS to seek billions of dollars in Chinese investment to transform vast tracts of undeveloped land in northern Australia for farming would come at the expense of giving Australians access to affordable, good quality food, … Continue reading
Flashback -150th Anniversary of Genocide: How British Free Trade Starved Millions During Ireland’s Potato Famine
Paul Gallagher The American Almanac The May 24-26, 1995 White House Conference on the economic development of Northern Ireland, continues an important policy initiative by which President Clinton has already helped bring a season of peace to Ulster after 25 … Continue reading
Agenda 21 on Steroids
Debbie Coffey PPJG The Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development is Agenda 21 on steroids. If you take the word “Environment” out of the title (which seems to be thrown in to placate you), and call this the International … Continue reading
Historic $A pact seals China ties
Michael Dwyer & Jason Murphy Financial Review Australia will become more enmeshed in the Asian financial zone after the Reserve Bank signed a $30?billion currency swap arrangement with the Chinese central bank yesterday. The historic agreement highlights the important role … Continue reading
The Body Snatchers – Egypt
SBS Journeyman Pictures March 2012 Some of the Sinai Desert’s Bedouin are using their new found freedom to turn to crime. This report reveals how they are using their autonomy to torture and murder Israel-bound refugees for hostage ransoms and … Continue reading
Farmers are concerned over calls to harness Asian capital to boost the nation’s food production
Ben Peckham Australian FARMERS have demanded an overhaul of foreign investment rules ahead of any attempt to harness Asian capital to boost the nation’s food production. Trade Minister Craig Emerson has outlined a plan to use Chinese and Indian investment … Continue reading