This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Santa quashes Bain Capital’s big Aussie buyout, for now
Behind the flurry of statements, there’s a game of M&A chess. Insignia Financial is this year’s Christmas special.
- Anthony Macdonald
November
Australian meat, dairy, grain and honey exports to win from UAE deal
The federal government will finalise a new comprehensive economic partnership deal with the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
- Tom McIlroy
September
- Exclusive
- Donald Farrell
UAE petrodollars to fuel Aussie ‘green’ mineral boom
Australia’s first free trade deal with a Middle East nation will boost exports by almost $700 million a year to the United Arab Emirates.
- Andrew Tillett
August
- Opinion
- China relations
How China would work with Future Made in Australia
Chinese economic modernisation encompasses enormous potential for bilateral cooperation in emerging sectors such as green development and the digital economy.
- Xiao Qian
July
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
What is Trumponomics 2.0, and how will Australia manage it?
Some of Donald Trump’s new economic plans may help Canberra. Most of them will leave us more alone in increasingly volatile world markets.
- Susan Stone
- Opinion
- Review
The world needs to prepare for a US-China trade war
Democrat and Republican policymakers believe Washington must impose huge restrictions on Chinese technologies, including electric cars and solar panels.
- Kenneth Rogoff
This could be the funniest business book you’ll read all year
Former Australian trade negotiator Dmitry Grozoubinski has written a tome about international trade policy. And for that, he’s very, very sorry.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
China, EU agree to talks to head off EV trade war
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will hold discussions to ease an escalating dispute.
- Keith Bradsher
- Analysis
- World elections
What Aussie business can expect from Europe’s far-right shift
Both sides of politics in Europe will back industrial policies designed to onshore or diversify supply chains – and that’s the space where Australia plays.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
April
Chalmers says ‘big’ investment in subsidy plan won’t push up inflation
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government’s green industry subsidies plan, joining other countries protecting itself from China’s race to the bottom.
- Matthew Cranston
Biden triples tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium, denies trade war
US President Joe Biden defends the move, while US Trade Representative Katherine Tai says the US will monitor any impact on Australia.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Red tape warning despite booming Japan-Australia deals
Japanese investment in Australia is rising, but a new report shows data is mixed, and Australia is warned about policy uncertainty and delays in approving deals.
- Michael Smith
EU ‘disappointed’ on frozen trade talks, big on SMRs
Labor should “re-engage” over trade co-operation, said EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, who advocated the benefits of nuclear power.
- Jacob Greber
February
Australia can launch a new trade boom with China, Farrell says
The trade minister says that with feuds on wine and lobster exports potentially soon sorted, Australia could aim to stack on another $100 billion in trade.
- Hans van Leeuwen
February
- Analysis
- Trade wars
In the shadow of Trump: how the WTO has reached the last-chance saloon
A summit of up to 164 ministers in Abu Dhabi aims to rebuild confidence and capability at the global trade umpire before a new Trump administration starts another trade war.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Trade deal with UAE to spur critical minerals investment
A free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates will include the gulf state tapping its sovereign wealth fund to invest in the extraction and processing of Australian critical minerals, Labor says.
- Phillip Coorey
January
Farmer fury spreads in Europe, squashing Aussie trade deal hopes
As France’s farming protests spread to Belgium, Spain and Portugal, the odds dwindle of any EU leader agreeing to boost market access for Australian farmers.
- Hans van Leeuwen
AusSuper duo ready for Trump 2024
Australia’s biggest superannuation fund has just opened a new office in New York. The prospect of another Trump presidency has not dimmed their optimism.
- Matthew Cranston
- Updated
- Australia's China challenge
China denies initiating sonar blast, blames Japan
Beijing’s top local diplomat denies a Chinese warship turned on its sonar and injured an Australian navy diver.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Rain to soften fall in farm export earnings from record high: forecast
The fall will be largely driven by lower crop export values as global prices for most commodities are expected to decline in 2023-24 due to higher global supply.
- Gus McCubbing