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