Economy
Dark clouds for barley farmers
Australia’s trade minister says there will be no tit-for-tat as Australian barley exports to China are hit with an 80% tariff 19 May 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein In a process which began over two years […]
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Comment
Europe must learn a new China game
COVID-19 will prompt many European policymakers to give more than just a passing thought to China 18 May 2020 | Professor Kerry Brown (Image: Arthur Osipyan) The dramatic impact of COVID-19 on Europe has awakened […]
Economy
Global markets retreat
Global share markets pulled back over the last week on worries about second waves of VODI-19 outbreaks, the economic outlook and tensions with China 10 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Maksym Kaharlytskyi) It’s been […]
Economy
Emerging from the lockdown
While Australia takes its first cautious steps out of COVID-19 restrictions some Asian and European nations have already stepped forward 15 May 2020 | Changyong Rhee and Poul M. Thomsen, IMF Several countries in Asia […]
News
Beef exports on ice
Tensions between Australia and its biggest trading partner rise as China suspends import licences of four beef producers 12 May 2020 | Staff Writers (Image: Victoria Shes) The immediate future of Australia’s $3 billion plus […]
Economy
Derailing the export train?
Submissions to a parliamentary inquiry identify risks associated with over-reliance on single export markets but also highlight little has been done to mitigate those risks 12 May 2020 | Su-Lin Tan, SCMP (Image: Rio Tinto) […]
News
A trumped up EXCLUSIVE?
The line between media and politics has been blurred in this coronavirus crisis but has Murdoch media been caught out overstepping the mark? 11 May 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein What’s wrong with the above two “EXCLUSIVE” […]
Economy
Economy getting ready to move
With a dramatic drop in new infections, Australia is reopening with a three staged easing of restrictions with the aim of having much of the economy operating again by July in a coronavirus safe environment […]
Business
Legitimate beef or a load of bull?
So much for the feared China foreign investment invasion, in the first big COVID-19 foreign land sale Chinese investors have sold back a parcel of Australian grazing land six times the size of Hong Kong […]
Economy
The Lucky Country
There’s some clear gaps between Australia and the rest of the world which show we may emerge from this period of global misery better than most nations 7 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Back in […]
Economy
Out of options on RBA rates
Given the gloomy coronavirus outlook the Reserve Bank could keep Australia’s historic low cash rate at 0.25% for the next three years 5 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital As widely expected, at its May meeting […]
Economy
Too small to fail?
Coronavirus economic support has seen governments throw lifelines to businesses “too big to fail” but will it reach SMEs across Asia? 5 May 2020 | Kenneth Kang and Changyong Rhee, IMF Asia was hit hard […]
Finance
Essentially still bad news for the markets
While shares rose strongly early in the past week, they then fell sharply on the back of bad economic data, profit warnings, China-US tensions and profit taking after very strong gains in April 3 May […]
News
Should China be alone in facing an investigation?
The world is entitled to know the origins of COVID-19 and exactly how the outbreak was handled… by EVERY major nation 2 May 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Thanks to a virus, transported in droplets just 0.005 […]
Comment
Turnbull says no Huawei “smoking gun”
Huawei Australia lawyers Nick Xenophon and Mark Davis report that Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir reveals no “smoking gun” to ban Huawei 5G on national security grounds. 1 May 2020 | Nick Xenophon & Mark Davis Since Huawei was banned by […]