Issue 2020 May 30
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Will survival instincts drive new industry policies?
by Patrick J. Byrne A perfect economic storm on a scale not seen since the 1930s has been created by the covid19 economic crisis, China asserting its power across the region and problems resulting from four decades of deep globalisation. The political lesson of the 1930s is that, when unemployment numbers mount, federal and state governments that fail promptly to deliver policies to…
Alarm bell is ringing loud on China’s trade threats
by George Christensen MP Alarm bells rang throughout Canberra and Australian industry in late April, when Communist China’s Ambassador to Australia, Jingye Cheng, raised the spectre of a Chinese boycott of Australian exports. More alarm bells sounded when de facto trade embargoes were launched by China against our barley and beef exports. Sadly, some of those alarm bells were sounding to warn off…
