Without predictable trade policy and stronger support systems, small firms remain vulnerable to shocks they can’t afford to absorb.
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Trade between Russia and US has fallen 90% since 2021 – blunting the impact of any proposed tariffs or sanctions.
As the US winds back some of its highest tariff threats, Australia should see a small benefit.
The China-EU summit yielded more results than expected, but longstanding tensions remain.
Chinese manufactured cloth has undermined the monopoly on the trade of Dutch African print textiles that Togolese traders once enjoyed.
Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping to shape what would become Mexico’s national spirit.
Albanese’s China visit has focussed on boosting the economic partnership while avoiding any ideological grandstanding on points of difference.
Rather than continuing to retaliate with tariffs of its own, the Canadian government has begun to confess that such a tactic may be a losing battle against Donald Trump.
Lost pallets come at a cost to both businesses and consumers.
Here’s how a drug gets from an idea into patients’ hands – and why Australians sometimes wait longer to access a new drug than their American cousins.
Archaeologists once assumed that men were responsible for seafaring trade in Papua New Guinea. New research shows how women played a fundamental role.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have potentially devastating flow-on effects for oil supplies and prices in Australia.
The European Union wants to reserve specific food names for its own producers. Australia argues these are generic names and we should keep them.
High US tariffs on Chinese-made goods didn’t halt the fast fashion industry. They just rerouted it, and the Australian market has been flooded.
Ahead of Anthony Albanese’s likely first meeting with Donald Trump this month, a US politics expert says ‘begging’ for lower tariffs would be a mistake.
Amid the chaos of Trump’s tariff wars, there is an opening for Australia to seize the moment with new trade partnerships.
Our trade routes are long and exposed. We need other options to safeguard our trade that don’t necessitate the building of warships.
The ruling against the Trump administration was based on two separate lawsuits. But there’s little chance it will bring global trade chaos to an end.
The elite university sued the Trump administration after the government revoked its ability to enroll international students.
Negotiations will continue while lower tariff rates are in place for 90 days. But free trade belongs to a bygone era.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, Adelaide University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in EU and International Economic Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong