Big car-making nations such as France and Germany have complained that Biden’s ‘buy American’ taxpayer-funded investment in electric cars was potentially illegal.
Trade Minister Don Farrell will spend two weeks in Europe negotiating the billion-dollar trade deal and fighting to keep the naming rights to certain favourites.
India is expected to be the world’s 2nd largest economy by 2050. The trade deal passed in the Australian Parliament this week is an historic opportunity for lucrative business.
As Australia and other nations look to shore up supplies locally in the wake of the pandemic,the head of the World Trade Organisation wants to challenge that thinking.
Australian winemakers argue losing the right to call their bubbly prosecco would be the thin end of the wedge – and other varieties could be next.
As Australia continues to work on its relationship with China,Trade Minister Don Farrell said the Australian economy can’t be overly reliant on a single trading partner.
According to the tiny Australian Uighur community of some 2500 people,and human rights activists,this is what we should do.
Leadership ructions led to doubts over the free trade deal,but UK trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan insists she will see it signed off.
Don Farrell acknowledges there are still a number of sticking points,but thinks he can finalise a deal by mid-2023 with our second-largest trading partner.
Along with climate targets,the rights to the names of products such as feta and grappa are a key component of trade talks with the EU.
Europe’s trade commissioner says an agreement with Australia could be reached next year but insists climate change targets would have to be part of the outcome.