ISDS Case Map
Australia
A new dump of leaked secretive trade deal documents on WikiLeaks reveals an international agreement could prevent future Australian governments from introducing regulations around licensing, qualifications and technical standards, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Fourteen Pacific Island Forum countries are currently locked in negotiations with their two largest economic neighbours, Australia and New Zealand, to forge a new regional free trade agreement called ‘PACER Plus’, which supporters believe will boost economic growth in the region.
Australian politicians have been told they can view the current confidential negotiating text for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, but only if they agree not to divulge anything they see for four years, despite expectations the deal could be finalised within months.
An internal memo from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development says the Canadian government is being pressured by TPP parties to give them same outcomes as EU got under CETA.
Chinese dairy farmers fear their government is sacrificing the local industry to promote trade with Australia.
Six months after the deal was struck, the full details of Australia's trade agreement with China are expected to be released within weeks.
Imagine Trade Minister Tim Groser gets to the meeting of ministers to do the final horse-trading for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (now slated to happen in late May 2015), plays his final hand and signs away our future for a carton of milk powder. He will know that’s not really the end game: a final deal is not a final deal until the US Congress says so. The US has two more aces in its hand.
Labor has called on the federal government to follow the example of the Howard years and oppose the inclusion of a controversial dispute-settlement provision in trade talks with the US.
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation says that the EU, Australia and New Zealand are lobbying hard for access to India's dairy market through bilateral Free Trade Agreements in order to dump their surplus stocks of dairy commodities.
Labor has called on the government to release the text of the Australia-China free trade deal, after the Coalition revealed the budget would take a $6 billion hit over four years as tariffs came down.
