Trade

Business & Economics

Trump, tariffs and the implications for Australian supply chains

While there may be immediate, global impacts of stricter US tariffs, there are also potential solutions and opportunities for Australian businesses and supply chains

Environment

Lockdown at sea a lesson in sustainable shipping

To combat climate change we need to decarbonise international shipping. Powering cargo ships with wind should be part of the solution

Arts & Culture

All rivers lead to Rome

Never mind the roads, rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire, carrying food, fuel and livestock along important ancient trade routes

Politics & Society

How to rescue free trade in the post-COVID world

Free Trade Agreements have ended up as the ‘poster boy’ of anti-globalisation, but labour and environmental provisions in FTAS could provide an answer to the critics

Politics & Society

The COVID-19 seafarer crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on board ships, leading to a ‘crew change crisis’ that needs urgent action

Politics & Society

US trade policy after Trump

Even after the election of Joe Biden, the politicisation of trade policy is likely to continue and deep-seated American protectionism is here to stay

Arts & Culture

Will COVID-19 end globalisation?

A spectre is haunting the world but it isn’t COVID-19, it’s the idea that the pandemic could lead to the end of globalisation

Arts & Culture

A bittersweet history

Sugar is one of the world’s oldest documented commodities, but the story of how it came to dominate our modern-day diets is one of exploitation and transformation

Politics & Society

Negotiating trade post-Brexit

Despite our long history with Britain, when it comes to trade Australia will show little nostalgia for the ‘old country’ on any post-Brexit deal

Politics & Society

The Indonesia-Australia trade deal: A potential bilateral sandbag

The much delayed but now signed IA-CEPA could help take the political heat out of the countries’ bilateral relations regardless of elections