ISDS Case Map
Australia
Australia is urging South Korea to kick off negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) to facilitate a growing bilateral trade in raw materials, agricultural and manufactured goods, according to a senior Australian official.
The president of United Parcel Service (UPS) said today a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and China could deliver the logistics giant a similar surge in business that followed the signing of the Australia-US FTA in May last year.
The process of negotiation for the possible Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be concluded by mid-2006, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said.
Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile is to hold a round of free trade talks with his Malaysian counterpart at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
The free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could stifle Australian stem cell research, scientists and legal experts say.
There have already been some big winners out of Australia's free-trade deal with the United States - American lawyers and lobbyists.
Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Mineichi Iwanaga says Japan has no intention of concluding a free-trade agreement with Australia.
The much-vaunted free trade agreement with the United States has become one-sided, with no financial benefit to Australia.
It was meant to be the big breakthrough for Australian exporters -- but official statistics show Australia's exports to the US have fallen by 3 per cent since the start of the US free trade agreement.
AUSTRALIA and China are unlikely to start real negotiations for a free trade agreement this year, and it could take a long time to end up with a result that tackled "behind the border" issues, a senior trade official has warned.
