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China and Australia to fast-track FTA study

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Australia and China have agreed to fast-track studies preparing for a possible free trade deal following talks between Trade Minister Mark Vaile and his Chinese counterpart, Bo Xilai. Vaile has just returned from a week-long trip to China and Hong Kong ...

Murdoch optimistic about Australian economy

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
Rupert Murdoch said today he was optimistic about the Australian, US and world economies, but warned Saudi Arabia and China posed risks. "I'm optimistic about the Australian economy," Murdoch told reporters at the Milken Institute Global Conference ...

Major industrial nations see strong economic growth ahead

The world is poised for strong economic growth this year and next, the world's major industrial nations concluded at a weekend meeting, even though there are concerns about high oil prices and continuing unrest in the Middle East. Finance ministers ...

Sentinel seeks Australian investors

Sentinel, a US manager of US-based residential investment funds, hopes to attract Australian investors to a US$200 million wholesale fund that invests in residential apartments, an asset class largely avoided by Australian investors. For a minimum investment ...

WTO warns time running out

At a Geneva meeting of the WTO's 146 member states, including Australia, director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi welcomed a new willingness between delegates to discuss thorny topics such as farming but warned that time was running out. Last month, countries ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
US employment rose last month at the fastest pace in nearly four years as hiring jumped in a wide array of industries, the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. The report, which showed the labor market ...

Single economic market for Australia and New Zealand getting closer

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Australia and New Zealand yesterday committed themselves to quickening the pace towards a single economic market, but a single currency is still off the agenda. Prime ministers John Howard and Helen Clark said both countries were keen to see a single ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

Thousands of manufacturing jobs could be at risk under the trade deal signed between Australia and the United States, the ACTU has warned. Sugar farmers have already expressed outrage at the free trade agreement, which largely protects the price of ...

FTA opponents to urge protection of health/culture

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
Opponents to a free trade deal between Australia and the United States will today demand health and cultural policies be excluded from any agreement. The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network will present statements from 63 organisations and ...

Rate hike expected, more to come: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
Australia's central bank is expected to increase interest rates again in February, after a strengthening global and domestic economy sparked an 0.25 percentage point hike today, according to economists. They said the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) ...