Economics

Don’t discriminate against China on critical minerals

December

Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on September 21 2023.

Australia–China trade: Opportunity, risk, mitigation, ballast – progress?

December

Australia's discussion of trade with China has seen the frame of opportunity replaced with that of risk. Beijing's decision in 2020 to respond to political disputes with Canberra by disrupting Australian exports has energised calls to mitigate risk by deploying public policy with the objective of reducing trade with China. To date, the Australian government has largely resisted these calls. This chapter explains that businesses in the Australia-China trade corridor already have access to a host of economic and legal mitigations.

How much did Chinese investors drive up Sydney home prices? It’s less than you might think

December

By Song Shi

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on September 11 2023.

When China cracked down on money leaving the country in 2017, some Sydney home prices fell 3 percent, while in other suburbs the restrictions had next to no impact.

Australia’s not likely to catch a cold, just a sniffle from China’s economic downturn

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on September 7 2023.

The Australia-PRC trade and investment relationship: 2022 timeline

December

While a change of government in Australia halfway through the year marked the beginning of a political thaw between Canberra and Beijing, the series of formal and informal trade bans put in place by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) against Australian exports over 2020-2021 remained firmly in place in 2022.

This factsheet records key developments in, and statements of note about, the trade and investment relationship between Australia and the PRC in 2022. It lays out:

- significant occurrences in relation to bilateral trade;