ISDS Case Map
Australia
Southeast Asian economic ministers signed two pacts on trade and investment Thursday and plan to ink a free trade pact with Australia and New Zealand at an annual summit, where they have vowed to resist protectionism amid the global economic slump.
Indonesia has agreed to cut import tariffs on range of products from Australia and New Zealand starting this year as part of a wider free-trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations
China needs to come back to the table on a free trade agreement with Australia to improve the investment climate between the two countries, says Trade Minister Simon Crean.
Australia and Indonesia are tipped to give the green light to talks on a free trade deal as ministers from both countries gather in Sydney to consider ways to enhance already strong ties.
The government of Indonesia stated that it will go ahead and sign the ASEAN free trade agreement with Australia and New Zealand on February 27.
Background paper on the ASEAN free trade agreements with special focus on the ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand FTA. Soon to be published in the Philippine Natural Resources Journal of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Philippines
The Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement is set to come into force on 6 March, 2009, allowing a host of Australian exporters a greater opportunity to enter a growing market.
Governments in Australia and New Zealand are keen to assure Pacific nations that relations with the region are marked by ‘shared development goals', but as Maureen Penjueli writes, the islands' ‘big brothers' have been pushing an agenda of their own--especially when it comes to negotiating a regional free trade agreement.
The Indonesian government should act “wiser and more cautious” before signing a new free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia and New Zealand this month, a local non-government economic watchdog insisted during a press conference in Diponegoro, Central Jakarta Monday.
Australia will examine its free trade deal with the United States to see if Washington is flouting its obligations under the pact if the United States adopts a "Buy American" clause for new stimulus projects.
