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Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... loss of face, especially as everyone pretends not to have seen." But I digress. Australia could invoke World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules and regulations or seek redress from the international trade body. But what good will it do compared to a large ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... from international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) - Japan does the opposite. Japan effectively tightened ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Who better to talk about trade than the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In its latest report the WTO put into perspective the goings-on in the on-going global war on trade. To wit: "A total of 39 new trade-restrictive measures were applied by G20 economies ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... imported goods - and the rejection of increased anti-dumping actions outside of those sanctioned by the World Trade Organisation." In this week's poll, we ask: Does climate change pose as a significant risk to your investments?

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... particular point" began 25 years ago due to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 and the formation of the World Trade Organisation in 1995. "After 1989, we doubled the number of people in the global workforce from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... into Japan in terms of higher demand for its exports. This, though, is still work in progress if the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) latest world trade forecast is anything to go by. The WTO cut its estimate for global trade growth to 3.3% this year ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Securities. In addition, Eslake is a member of three Federal Government advisory panels including the World Trade Organisation Advisory Group, the Trade Policy Advisory Council and the Foreign Affairs Council. The investment advisory committee also includes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... tariffs on Chinese-made tyres, with Beijing consequently lodging a complaint against the US move at the World Trade Organisation. Trading was cancelled for the morning session in Hong Kong due to a typhoon overnight. The benchmark Hang Seng Index finished ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... an escalating trade dispute between the United States and China. Market action came as China filed a World Trade Organisation complaint over what it alleged were unfair tariffs imposed by Washington on Chinese tyre imports. Analysts said the prospect ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... came in the form of import quotas, trade restrictions and export subsidies. The establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) and more recently ...
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