FREE TRADE – CHINA

Pressure builds on Labor over ‘dud’ China trade deal

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 31-Aug-15

Senator Jacqui Lambie has raised concerns about the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. The fate of the deal is now uncertain. Growing opposition to the agreement has prompted the National Farmers’ Federation, the Minerals Council of Australia and the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry to launch a TV advertising campaign which stresses the benefits of the deal.

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NATIONAL FARMERS’ FEDERATION LIMITED, MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE

More in favour than against the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Key issue for Australians with ChAFTA is jobs

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 28-Aug-15

A telephone Morgan Poll conducted between 21 and 26 August 2015 has found that a large majority of Australians (78 per cent) are aware of the Free Trade Agreement Australia has negotiated with China. Only 21 per cent are not aware and one per cent cannot say. More Australians believe a Free Trade Agreement with China is a good thing (40 per cent) than not (31 per cent) and a large 29 per cent are undecided. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan notes that full-time workers are clearly the most in favour of the agreement – 46 per cent say it is a good thing and 31 per cent say it is not. Among those who are either unemployed and looking for work or just do not work, only 18 per cent say the deal is a good thing compared to 40 per cent that say the deal is not a good thing.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

Stakes high as China FTA cut-off looms

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Original article by Lisa Murray
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 28-Aug-15

Trade Minister Andrew Robb says he and his Chinese counterpart are racing to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) by December 2015. Robb said he was reassuring Beijing following opposition to the FTA from Australian trade unions and the Australian Labor Party. The starting point is crucial, according to the National Farmers Federation, because the first year of tariff cuts is worth $A300 million to the agriculture industry.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, CHINA. MINISTRY OF COMMERCE. DEPT OF FOREIGN TRADE, NATIONAL FARMERS’ FEDERATION LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, FERGUSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD