by WTCD | Nov 20, 2014 | News
Written by Greg Jericho If you want to see a government being held to account, you should plug your ears when you hear talk about the benefits of the China-Australia free trade agreement. Based on old, irrelevant modelling, the benefits of the agreement have been...
by WTCD | Nov 17, 2014 | News
Written by Matt Siegel (Reuters) – China and Australia on Monday sealed a landmark free trade agreement more than a decade in the making, significantly expanding ties between the world’s second largest economy and one of Washington’s closest allies...
by WTCD | Nov 10, 2014 | News
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he sees momentum building for a Washington-backed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, after arriving in Beijing on the first leg of an eight-day Asia tour. U.S officials had ruled out a major...
by WTCD | Oct 20, 2014 | News
European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has opened a public consultation process on the EU-US trade deal negotiations, arguing that the process could have “a significant impact” on the lives of EU citizens. Ms O’Reilly yesterday opened a six-week consultation process,...
by WTCD | Oct 1, 2014 | News
Carl Levin, a powerful member of the US Senate, said yesterday that the tax rate levied on the computer giant was based on what it was prepared to accept. The comments came after the European Commission (EC) accused Ireland of striking a tax arrangement with Apple...