Category Trade

Author: Editorial Board, ANU Like it or not, the structure of global trade in green technologies and the raw materials required for their manufacture is being decided in an era when geopolitics trump markets, and the WTO’s credibility to check…

Author: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, PIIE On 15–17 November 2023, US President Joe Biden will host 21 APEC leaders in San Francisco. But not all invited heads of state will attend the gala event. Facing criminal charges, Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Author: Mie Oba, Kanagawa University In 2023 ASEAN and Japan celebrate the 50th anniversary of their official partnership. ASEAN and Japan have both changed dramatically over the past 50 years. So too has their relationship as it has moved towards…

Author: Editorial Board, ANU Today the global trade system faces three systemic challenges. None are new, but strategic competition between China and the United States has brought a dangerous edge to each of them.

Author: Oliver B John, Astrolabe Global Strategy In a move widely hailed in the Persian Gulf and cautiously welcomed by the United States Administration, senior Chinese, Iranian, and Saudi security officials agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Tehran.…

Authors: Durairaj Kumarasamy and Manisha Nayyar, MRIIRS The potential for cross-border trade between India and its neighbouring countries — Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China — has not been fully realised. India’s formal cross-border trade with these countries…

Author: June Park, Schmidt Futures Export controls on semiconductor technology have been expanded after the conclusion of US bilateral negotiations with Japan and the Netherlands in March 2023. This is only the beginning as the United States is set to…

Author: Shiro Armstrong, ANU From May 2020 Beijing blocked the import of roughly a dozen Australian goods for which China was the major market, cutting imports worth around AU$20 billion (US$13.4 billion) annually. The deteriorating political relationship between Canberra and…