Topics: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; Australian Exporters; Australia-China Trade Relationship; Free Trade Agreements. 16/11/20 07:17AM Sabra Lane: Australia signed up to a new trade deal yesterday, and it’s a mouthful: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. It’ll mean greater access to 14 nations in the Indo-Pacific with uniform trade rules. Australia already has bilateral agreements…
Topics: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; New COVID Cluster in SA. 16/11/2020 08:10AM Ben Fordham: Well the Federal Government is trumpeting a new trade deal; it’s being described as the biggest ever. Fifteen countries are involved and it covers about 30 per cent of the global economy. Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and even…
Topics: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; Australia-China Trade Relationship 16/11/20 06:49AM David Koch: We’re joined by Trade Minister Simon Birmingham in Adelaide. Minister, thanks for joining us. Well, I’m trying to figure out how important this is because with all of these countries, we’ve already got free trade deals, don’t we? So are any barriers going…
Topics: Economic relationship with China; Senate media inquiry. 15/11/20 06:02PM Sharri Markson: Minister, China’s been increasingly antagonistic with Australia in our trade relationship. Obviously, this is a problem given they’re our largest trading partner. Are you hoping this major deal today will pave the way for a thawing in relations with China and potentially…
TRANSCRIPT Press Conference Topics: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; 15/11/20 12:49PM Simon Birmingham: This afternoon, I look forward to signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement on behalf of Australia, together with the Prime Minister. This is a huge accomplishment, especially for the ASEAN nations. The 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
Topics: Australia-China trade relationship; Australian ship stranded in Chinese waters; interstate borders; 13/11/2020 5:07pm Tom Elliott: Look, this trade tension between China and Australia really is concerning. I mean, we need to export, particularly agricultural produce, because we produce a lot more agricultural goods than what we can possibly consume here. China is our…
TRANSCRIPT 12/11/20 04:06 PM Patricia Karvelas: For more on this and other issues, I spoke to Finance Minister Simon Birmingham a short time ago. Minister, welcome. Simon Birmingham: Good to be with you. Patricia Karvelas: Do you anticipate that some soldiers will be stripped of medals or honours as a…
Topics: US election results, Australia-China trade relations, climate change. 09/11/20 8:36AM David Bevan: I spoke with Simon Birmingham, the Federal Finance Minister, earlier this morning. Really, what I wanted to do was get a handle on what a Biden Administration in Washington will mean for us, and I began by asking him this question.…
Topics: US-Australia alliance; Australia-China trade relationship; Joe Biden’s Clime Change policy 09/11/20 07:32AM Simon Birmingham: Can I add my congratulations to President Elect Biden, and Kamala Harris on their historic win. As the father of two young daughters I particularly acknowledge the significance of seeing the first woman to hold the office of…
Topics: Climate targets; Paris Agreement; China-Australia trade relations 09/11/2020 07:35AM Fran Kelly: There is hope in Canberra that a Biden presidency will lower some of the tensions with China, which erupted again last week with those rumored trade bans on a wide variety of Australian exports, including wine and lobsters. Simon Birmingham is…