China-Australia FTA concerns unwarranted
December
Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on 7 September 2015.
Labour concerns in China FTA misplaced
December
Note: This piece was sent as a letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald on 5 September 2015.
Bob Kinnaird and Bob Birrell conclude that the China FTA means labour-market testing (LMT) will be removed for all Chinese nationals on 457 visas (“Under FTA, Chinese workers can avoid labour-market testing”, September 4)
Credit where credit’s due for China’s economic authorities
December
Australian shares rocked by China rout, but economic fundamentals remain solid
December
The facts and the fallacies surrounding the China FTA
December
China’s devaluation critics are missing the point
December
Note: This article appeared in Business Spectator on August 14 2015.
With all the attention being given to China’s cheaper currency, a key point is being missed: it’s the market that has driven the renminbi lower.
Why fears over the Australia-China FTA are overblown
December
What China is banking on
December
Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on July 29 2015.
Two big questions have come out of the wild gyrations in China’s stock market over the past weeks.
China free trade agreement: baseless fears on labour are holding up progress on historic deal
December
Note: This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph on July 28 2015.
A coalition of trade unions wants to stop the China free trade agreement at the final hurdle — a vote in federal parliament.
What China’s latest GDP numbers tell us
December
Note: This article appeared in Business Spectator on July 24 2015.
Here’s the key takeaway from China’s latest GDP numbers released last week: there’s now greater reason to be optimistic that growth of around 7 percent is sustainable.