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Australia, Asia ‘still vital’ for US trade

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Original article by Michael Owen
The Australian – Page: 2 : 13-Apr-17

The Asia-Pacific region remains "strategically and economically" important to the US, according to the acting ambassador to Australia, James Carouso. He stresses that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership will not affect the US’s engagement with the region, and the US will continue to pursue bilateral trade deals in Asia. Carouso also notes that two-way trade between Australia and the US has increased significantly since the free trade agreement between the two nations was ratified in 2004.

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UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, BOEING COMPANY, CHEVRON CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 3M CORPORATION, CISCO SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED

TPP dead but free-trade deal still on

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Original article by Joe Kelly
The Australian – Page: 5 : 11-Nov-16

Australia’s Trade Minister Steve Ciobo has acknowledged that the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership is unlikely to proceed after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. Kim Beazley, Australia’s former ambassador to Washington, also says Trump’s victory has assured the TPP’s demise, but he stresses the need for Australia to retain strong trade ties, particularly with Asia. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull does not expect the Trump presidency to have any effect on the Australia-US free-trade agreement, which came into effect in 2005.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, REPUBLICAN PARTY (UNITED STATES)

Casella senses richer picking in premium

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Original article by Julie-Anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 30-Sep-14

Australian export success story Casella Family Brands plans to target US consumers with premium wines using the Casella label. The move is aimed at capitalising on growing US interest in more upmarket wines than the company’s highly popular but low-priced Yellow Tail label. John Casella says Australian wine producers need to more actively target on-premise trade in the US, which has tended to be neglected due to a focus on wine retailers

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CASELLA FAMILY BRANDS, CASELLA WINES PTY LTD, YELLOW TAIL WINES