ISDS Case Map
Australia
Over 125,000 people have spoken out about the damaging Internet censorship proposals in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now, our friends in Australia are sounding the alarm about how the TPP could wreak havoc on Canada’s economy.
"We are in a position to hold up the whole TPP to advance agriculture," says Alan Oxley, Australian APEC Study Centre chairman.
"The Australian government agreed to a confidentiality undertaking to prevent the early release of TPP negotiating documents," says current Minister for Trade Andrew Robb
On the 5th December 2013, Australia and Korea announced that they had finalised a new free trade agreement. Is it a fair trade fairytale? Or is it a dirty deal done dirt cheap?
The Australian government has acknowledged that some sectors - including the automotive and steel industries, as well as textiles, clothing and footwear - will face increased competition from Korean imports.
A side deal in the free-trade agreement with the United States that the Howard government negotiated in 2004 is a wildcard as the Abbott government deals with divisions in its ranks over Archer Daniels Midland's $3.4 billion takeover offer for GrainCorp, the biggest grain handler in eastern Australia.
The Australian Sugar Industry Alliance is demanding sugar's inclusion in the Trans Pacific Partnership after it was left out of the US FTA in 2008.
Jakarta has upped the ante in the spying row with Canberra by officially suspending cooperation on preventive measures against boat people and mulling the suspension of free trade negotiations with its southern neighbor.
There are fears Indonesia could stall the trade negotiations with Australia because of the diplomatic run-in between Jakarta and Canberra.
The man tasked with finalising three major free trade agreements for Australia within 12 months says he's hopeful it can be done.
