Briefing and working papers

Australia’s export exposure to China: Assessing the costs of disruption

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video summary of the working paper is available.

 

Executive Summary

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: July 2021

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By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: June 2021

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By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: May 2021

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By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: April 2021

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By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle

The PRC’s use of border blocks on food and beverage imports: quantifying Australia’s position

December

By Thomas Pantle

Key takeaways

- Blocking imports at the border for alleged Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) reasons and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) are potentially attractive tools for economic coercion because they are notoriously difficult to litigate. Food and beverage products are particularly vulnerable.

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: March 2021

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By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle

AUSTRALIA-CHINA MONTHLY WRAP-UP: February 2021

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By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson

The stalemate between Australia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) lingers on: Canberra’s overtures for dialogue, steadily repeated by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his senior ministers, continue to be rebuffed by Beijing, while Australia remains adamant that no concessions will be made in order to move forward.

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: January 2021

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Australia-China monthly wrap-up: December 2020

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