ISDS Case Map
Australia
The threat of the Transpacific Partnership Agreement to Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is so real that Michael Moore, CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia, has said “It will cost Australian lives".
China and Australia, which have been trying to set up a bilateral free trade agreement for years, are determined to sign a deal by the end of this year, Australia's trade chief said on Tuesday after talks with Chinese leaders.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will use a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House to seek the reopening of the decade-long agreement, News Corp Australia reports.
Australian businesses may be wondering whether Chinese spies have compromised their databases as well as those of US businesses, write Philip Seltsikas and Max Soyref.
Australian PM Abbott's trade deals with Korea, Japan and 12 other Pacific rim countries may give foreign companies the right to sue our governments for claimed losses over GM-free zones. A Greens Bill now in the Senate seeks to stop corporate predators having this right in all future treaties.
It is easy to mock aspects of Australia's recently completed agreements. But the problem for New Zealand's trade negotiators is that these pragmatic deals have the potential to cause trade disruption for our own agricultural producers, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Mitsui Australia chairman Yasushi Takahashi was a key participant in talks and events in this month's free-trade agreement between Tokyo and Canberra.
The Australian government is facing demands from China that it be allowed to import workers for projects funded by Chinese investors as part of the free-trade agreement.
Australia is keen to resume its negotiations with Gulf countries on a free trade agreement, or FTA, in addition to foreign investment in a number of sectors, Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb said in Dubai on Sunday.
Trade Minister Tim Groser is not impressed by Australia's free trade agreement with Japan and hopes it will be ignored by the United States within the Trans Pacific Partnership.
