17-Aug-2015
Mornington News
Frankston and Mornington residents have been receiving automated phone calls, part of a campaign by the Electrical Trades Union to “stop the China Free Trade Agreement” amid union fears electricians’ jobs are at risk.
10-Aug-2015
The Australian Financial Review
A protest march planned by five major trade unions over the China free-trade agreement has set on edge management at United States construction giant Bechtel
31-Jul-2015
Macro Business
With final negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement scheduled to conclude on Friday, there are a bunch of thorny issues still yet to be agreed on. Perspective from Australia.
29-Jul-2015
Financial Review
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb says he won't sign off on investor-state dispute settlement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership "until we're satisfied that there's a carve out for public policy on health and the environment,"
27-Jul-2015
Sydney Morning Herald
Overzealous security has barred media from a public hearing into Australia's free trade deal with China, prompting union claims of a cover-up.
21-Jul-2015
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian unions will rally outside the national Labor Party conference on Friday urging it to take a tough stand against the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
21-Jul-2015
Sydney Morning Herald
On the eve of negotiations expected to finalise a giant trans-Pacific free trade agreement with 11 of Australia’s neighbours, the Department of Foreign Affairs has revealed that none of Australia’s existing agreements has been subjected to an independent analysis to work out whether the claims made for it have stacked up.