Sticky port congestion drives intra-Asia freight rates higher
Intra-Asia rates continue to rise year-on-year, as major ports are congested amid the early peak ...
By Mr Joy
As Australia reprises its colonial past with a proposed free trade agreement with the so-called “Mother Country” – Britain – how material will this be in changing trade flows and associated shipping volumes?
Not even a rounding error.
Free trade isn’t free
You may forget that Australia and China also have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which entered into force on the 20th of December 2015.
Unfortunately, the FTA is not worth the paper it is written on, now.
Australia’s somewhat ham-fisted and bellicose ...
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