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Australia looks for free trade deal with US; Thailand deal announced

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
... agreement on a free trade deal which could boost Australia's economy by at least $3 billion a year. The deal will see most tariffs between the two countries abolished by 2010 and free up access to the Thai economy for Australia automotive, agricultural ...

Australia highlights support for ongoing APEC meeting

... which APEC economies demonstrate progress towards achieving the goal of free and open trade and investment, including tariffs, investment, standards and conformance, customs procedures, intellectual property rights, competition policy, deregulation ...

APEC will seek to exorcise the failures of WTO Cancun

... during the forming of APEC in 1989, had average tariff rates of more than 10%, but now only three member countries have tariffs at that level. In the second category of APEC's workload, business facilitation, the focus in on cutting red tape, reducing ...

Australian trade gap widens due to stronger dollar, more imports: economists

... expecting to see a bit of a lift in meat exports as the Japanese start to import at a bit faster rate ahead of those punitive tariffs that are coming into force from 1 August," he added. Economists had agreed that Australia's worst drought in 100 years ...

Banks reappointed chairman of Productivity Commission: Costello

... inquiries and the preparation of 190 reports during his inaugural term and chaired a dozen major inquiries, including tariffs and assistance to the automotive industry, private health insurance and gambling industries, Costello said. "I am confident ...