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Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... increased labour costs and challenging logistics have impacted returns for some fresh horticultural exports. "Punitive tariffs imposed by China have specifically impacted Australia's premium and bulk wine sector whilst other commodities have generally ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... sentiment following the "Phase One" US-China trade deal, with the associated partial rollback of previously implemented tariffs and a truce on new tariffs. A confluence of these factors could lead to a stronger recovery than currently projected." What ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... the midst of that "convincing" as I type, by giving another twist to the garrotte - import bans and quotas and increased tariffs -- that's strangulating Australian exports to Beijing. This is because China is Australia's biggest export market. Australian ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did when it imposed bans, reduced import quotas, and/or increased tariffs on "Made in Australia" beef, barley and seafood, timber, wine, lobsters, and cotton. I'm pretty sure the politburo's ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... would require more documentation. The auto industry is also seen to be a major casualty, as components face up to 10% tariffs after Brexit. Medicines and pharmaceuticals could face delays too for obtaining treatment for patients. All these sectors will ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... wheat; China reduces coal purchases - down by 96% in the first three weeks of November 2020; and lately, China imposed tariffs of 107% and 212% on Australian wines. The OECD's revised forecast would have factored in some of these developments but ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... calm US-China trade tensions. That is, if Joe proves true to his campaign words that he would remove Trump's existing tariffs. It would earn him cookies with China - which would be more willing to work with him - and all other nations in the rest ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... Eurozone authorities will next have to contend next with a trade war with Trump. America threatened to impose additional tariffs worth around US$3.1 billion of exports from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. That, or they could wait until saner minds ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... security in Hong Kong (if it sounds familiar, it is, for this is the same "excuse" US President Trump used when he raised tariffs on steel and aluminium in March 2018). To wit: "We will establish sound legal systems and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... good for the domestic economy. Exporters would find their wares more competitive in the world market (even with higher tariffs). Not only that, exporters would receive an extra boost from their foreign currency-denominated earnings when they're translated ...