This Month
China curbs exports of key EV battery mineral in new trade salvo
China, the world’s top graphite producer, says exporters of the material now need permits to send shipments abroad because of “national security concerns”.
- Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton
‘Show some respect’: King takes aim at EU over mining demands
The Resources Minister says a Brussels push for the FTA to outlaw “dual-pricing” of gas and critical minerals could crimp Australia’s ability to back its own industry.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September
Macron woos Australia on critical minerals
Resources Minister Madeleine King has signed a pact with France to look at building secure supply chains from Australia to Europe.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Europe accuses China of flooding EV market, pledges fight
The EU will probe Beijing’s subsidies to Chinese EV makers, as Brussels tries to shield Europe’s car giants from a potentially existential threat.
- Hans van Leeuwen
US-China decoupling is nascent but real, WTO warns
A major World Trade Organisation review says trade is starting to slow in goods at the heart of US-China tensions – and that extends to their allies as well.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Biden courts Vietnam as US chases alternatives to Chinese factories
The Biden administration is cosying up to Vietnam as part of a broader business strategy to reduce dependence on Chinese factories.
- Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani
How the UK trade deal is giving Aussie farmers a sugar hit
This week the first shipment of Queensland cane sugar arrived at a London refinery, reviving a trading relationship that has been dormant for half a century.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Why Nicholas Moore says taxpayers should back Asian business ventures
Political risk insurance and streamlined foreign investment approvals are among 75 recommendations to boost trade and investment with South-East Asia.
- Phillip Coorey
China’s economic slowdown reverberates across Asia
A manufacturing slump in South Korea has extended to its longest in nearly half a century while other big exporters in East Asia also being hit by slow demand.
- Edward White and Song Jung-a
August
US firms say rising risks are making China uninvestable
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo pointed to new challenges such as fines as well as continuing issues such as intellectual-property theft.
- Bloomberg News
US trade deficit narrows as imports drop
Imports fell to the lowest level in more than 18 months, signalling a potential slowdown in business investment and overall domestic demand.
- Lucia Mutikani
July
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Australia should step up Taiwan defence, says US presidential hopeful
Biotech and funds management entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy says Canberra needs to show more support for the island state.
- Matthew Cranston
Yellen aims to defuse China tensions, but lifting tariffs ‘premature’
The US Treasury Secretary also said China’s slowing GDP has impacted growth in many other countries, ahead of a G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers.
- Christopher Condon
China’s trade tumbles as global economy struggles
China’s exports and imports shrank faster than expected in June, adding to mounting pressures on the world’s second-largest economy.
- Joe Cash and Ellen Zhang
‘More work required’ as EU, Australia fail to reach FTA
Trade Minister Don Farrell said officials on both sides would try to meet again in August as negotiations failed over access for Australian farm products.
- Paul Osborne and Tess Ikonomou
Biden and Sunak agree to talks on boosting US-UK economic ties
The two leaders held detailed discussions on the Atlantic Declaration framework in advance of a meeting in October.
- Emily Ashton, Kitty Donaldson and Justin Sink
Meeting marathon makes progress, but US-China differences remain
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her visit to Beijing helped stabilise the rocky relationship between the world’s two biggest economies, but they remain at odds on a number of issues.
- Updated
- Andrea Shalal
Widodo to meet WA’s Cook in critical minerals push
WA new Premier Roger Cook will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Sydney this week.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe and Andrew Tillett
June
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Want to import or export? Here are 24 metres of regulations to fulfil
Australia has an invisible trade barrier – bureaucratic red tape. Now an ambitious program is being rolled out to finally remedy the mish-mash of rules, regulations and compliance costs that firms endure.
- Tom Burton
Australia-EU free trade deal ‘approaching end-game’, Brussels says
With just weeks until deadline, the EU is still making hopeful noises despite Australian gloom that Brussels can produce an acceptable offer on farm exports.
- Hans van Leeuwen
