Dairy could struggle under free trade

Dairy farmers might have escaped immediate pain under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but an assistant economics professor says they need to think about how they operate under new trading rules. 


TPP signed, but don’t expect results soon

Trade negotiators from 12 countries signed a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on Oct. 5, but it will be some time before you see any changes in trade actions.

Trans-Pacific Partnership promises cheaper prices for consumers

That 12 wildly different countries, including Australia, the US and Japan, representing 40 per cent of the world’s output and 800 million people, were able to agree on a liberalisation of trade and investment barriers is a remarkable and welcome achievement.