Recently added articles from Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia:

In the shadow of the China-Australia FTA negotiations: What Australian business thinks about IP.

Mar 01, 2008; Leahy, Anne ... 1 Introduction Since early 2005, Australia and China have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) including proposals for a chapter on Intellectual Property (IP). Achieving a workable and mutually beneficial agreement, however, requires knowledge of both the scale and ...

Australia-China free trade agreement: Causal empirics and political economy.

Mar 01, 2008; Hoa, Tran Van ... 1 Introduction The launch of negotiations for an ACFTA was agreed between Prime Minister John Howard and Premier Wen Jiabao on 18 April 2005, following completion of a joint feasibility study that showed considerable benefits for the two countries. These perceived benefits for ...

A Chinese perspective on the China-Australia free trade agreement and policy suggestions.

Mar 01, 2008; Cheng, Dawei ... 1 Introduction Since the 1990s, regional trade agreements have gradually taken the place of multilateral trade negotiations as a major means for promoting free trade. With free trade agreements spreading across Europe, the Americas and East Asia, China is also stepping up its ...

Comparative advantage and Australia-China bilateral trade.

Mar 01, 2008; Sheng, Yu ... 1 Introduction Trade between Australia and China has been fast expanding, especially in recent years. The statistics of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Australia revealed that China became Australia's second-largest trading partner in 2005 while Australia ...

A study on financial service trade between Australia and China.

Mar 01, 2008; Fengjuan, Xiao ... 1 A Study on Financial Service Trade between Australia and China With globalisation and difficulties with the multinational Doha round free-trade negotiation, many countries are involved in bilateral or regional free-trade-agreement (FTA) negotiations. Australia and China ...

Australia's direct investment in China: trends and determinants.

Mar 01, 2008; Ma, Zihui ... 1 Introduction Australian investment flows into China grew by more than ten-fold between 1992 and 2005. Notwithstanding this growth, the amount of Australian direct investment in China still pales in comparison with the volume of trade flows between the two economies. While ...

Chinese investment in Australia.

Mar 01, 2008; Laurenceson, James ... 1 Introduction The backbone of the Australia-China economic relationship has long been the trade of goods and services and this continues to flourish. China has now overtaken the U.S. and Japan to become Australia's largest trading partner, with bilateral merchandise and ...

The implications of China's rapid growth on demand for energy and mining products imported from Australia.

Mar 01, 2008; Zhang, Yongsheng ... 1 Introduction Since it commenced reforms in 1978, China has maintained an average 9% annual growth rate over the past three decades, with its economic size doubling every eight years. China's consumption of energy and minerals has expanded quickly as well. Since the Chinese ...