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Assessing Australia's Free Trade with USA to understand the impact of protectionist policies from USA

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The USA- Australia Free Trade Agreement 3 2.1 Some Stipulations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 3 2.2 Major Topics of USA- Australia Free Trade Agreement 4 2.4 Trade Balances Since the Ratification of the USA Australia FTA 5 2.1 Foreign Direct Investment 6 2.6 Criticism of the US – Australia Free Trade Agreement 7 3. Australia’s most important trade and investment partners: the largest foreign investor in Australia, Australia’s largest foreign investment destination, and the fourth largest destination for Australian

Assessing Australia's Free Trade with USA to understand the impact of protectionist policies from USA

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Assessing Australia’s Free Trade with USA to understand the impact of protectionist policies from USARecently, the President of United States expressed concerns about the Free Trade Agreements and their impact on the US Economy. He suggested the cancellation if free Trade Agreements. Australia is one of the countries to affected , if any such policy measures were to be taken. This paper asses the impact of such a policy
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Contents1.Introduction.........................................................................................................................................32.The USA- Australia Free Trade Agreement........................................................................................32.1 Some Stipulations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....................................................................32.2 Major Topics of USA- Australia Free Trade Agreement...................................................................42.4 Trade Balances Since the Ratification of the USA Australia FTA.....................................................52.5 Foreign Direct Investment.................................................................................................................62.6 Criticism of the US – Australia Free Trade Agreement.....................................................................73.The Trans Pacific Partnership..............................................................................................................84.Threats to Australia and Opportunities Arising Due to Adoption of Protectionist Policies by USA..105.Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................10Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................11
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1.Introduction The USA is the largest economy in the world with a nominal GDP of over US$18 trillion in 2015-2016 and a population of 323 million. [ CITATION Ban17 \l 1033 ]Thus, the USA is a big market and a source of goods and services for any country. Australia has a per capita Gross National Income USD 65, 640 and a GDP of over of over USD 1.6 Trillion per year and provides a sizeable market of a population of over 24 million for US exports.[ CITATION Ban17 \l 1033 ] Australia is also, the fourth largest trading partner of Australia. Australia’s most important trade and investment partners: the largest foreign investor in Australia, Australia’s largest foreign investment destination, and the fourth largest destination for Australian exports (2016).”[ CITATION Mar171 \l 1033 ]The two countries are both high income group countries and hence, important trade markets for each other.[ CITATION Ban17 \l 1033 ] Recently, the President of USA announced in a series of talks, his points of view on the ineffectiveness of Free Trade Agreements in improving the economy of USA. This led to global concerns about the rise of protectionist voices.[ CITATION Pro17 \l 1033 ]. This paper examines the effects of such a policy by assessing the current Free Trade Agreement with USA and the Free Trade Agreement in pipeline.2.The USA- Australia Free Trade Agreement The USA and Australia signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on 1st January 2005. The agreement covered a broad ranged of topics with trade in goods and services. Primarily, trade in manufactured, agricultural goods and trade in services especially financial services were the major topics of the Agreement.[ CITATION Shi15 \l 1033 ][ CITATION Ann14 \l 1033 ] . Additionally, Intellectual Property Rights, Government Contracts and Legal frameworks for setting of standards of goods and services were also major components of the Agreement.[ CITATION Ste16 \l 1033 ]
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2.1 Some Stipulations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)2.1.1 Elimination of Duties Clause: Both parties agreed to eliminate custom duties on goods originating in the other country and both parties agreed to non introduction of more duties for goods originating in the other country as long as the FTA was in force.[ CITATION Dep04 \l 1033 ]In addition to the tariff barriers, the Free Trade Agreement also addresses non-tariff barriers suchas quotas, services and investment, e-commerce, barriers to participating in government procurement .process etc. [ CITATION Dep04 \l 1033 ]2.1.2 Non Treatment Clause: Each party assigned to the other a ‘non-discriminatory treatment’ i.e goods made of substantially altered in the other country would receive the same or somewhat the same treatment as goods made or substantially altered within the country. This is the “Non Treatment” clause.[ CITATION Dep04 \l 1033 ]2.1.3 Transparency Clause: Australia agreed to enhancing the listing, pricing and selection of medicines on the schedule of Pharmaceuticals described as the PBS list.[ CITATION Dep04 \l 1033 ]2.2 Major Topics of USA- Australia Free Trade Agreement2.2.1 Agriculture and Allied SectorsBoth countries give each other preferential treatment in trade of agricultural goods and services. This goes beyond treating each other as “Most Favoured Nation”, which is a stipulation of the treaty. If the treaty is revoked, the Most Favoured Nation status would have to be renegotiated.[ CITATION Off17 \l 1033 ]The USA and Australia have also agreed to work on reach agreement that would phase out any export subsidies for agricultural goods to each other.[ CITATION Off17 \l 1033 ] Once, revoked, the treaty may lead to substantial trade barriers towards each other, if protectionists policies were to take place. Australia is a major exporter of agricultural products like grapes, beef, wool etc. The USA market would becoming less accessible to Australia. On the other hand the Australian market would become less accessible to USA. Given that the USA is the largest investor in Australia, any protectionist policies would hurt the multi-national corporations based
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