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A better strategy is to support Australian manufacturing to be internationally competitive without tariff protection.

The Australian Government maintains and updates a Consolidated Sanctions List as part of its sanctions regime.

As signified by the influx of news reports concerning recent tariff negotiations and developments, import duties no longer benefit from the relative stability they once enjoyed.

Research institutions and high-technology companies should audit their activities and implement compliance measures now.

In this issue of the Trade & Transport Bulletin we look at two developments affecting international air carriage liability - recent significant changes to liability limits under the Montreal Convention 1999 and a decision by the New South Wales Court of Appeal.

From 1 July 2013, a new Anti-Dumping Commission will be established in Melbourne and an Anti-Dumping Commissioner will be appointed to head the new authority.

Over the past year, AUSTRAC has been busy on several fronts (making good use of its largest budget and staffing numbers to date). Key areas of focus have included...

Australia must take care it doesn't jeopardise the higher goal of free trade with China for short term protectionism.

Incoterms® 2010 will enter into force on 1 January 2011, but prudent traders, importers, exporters and other business people should start to review their trading documents and practices now to ensure that contracts are up to date by the time the changes take effect.

Australia's new free trade agreement with Korea is a clear signal Australia is open for business for Korean investors.

On 15 September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) (each a member State) announced AUKUS as a new security partnership that will promote...

Other more basic issues should be at the forefront of Australia's trade negotiations with developing nations.

On 3 December 2008, the Minister for Home Affairs introduced the new Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and Other Measures) Bill 2008 ("Bill") into Federal Parliament. The Bill delivers on some legislative reform which has been promised for some time.

Following its determination that the United Kingdom and Australia have aligned their export control regimes with the regime in the U.S., the U.S. Department of State has recently issued...

On the 19 April 2010, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") published a notice confirming that it had resolved to initiate an investigation into the alleged dumping of certain clear float glass products ("CFG") exported from the People’s Republic of China ("China"), Indonesia and Thailand. The initiation application was lodged by CSR Viridian Limited ("Viridian") which claims to be the sole manufacturer of the products in Australia.

During the course of this year, I have provided commentary on the “10 + 2 Rule” proposed by US Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) for additional advanced cargo reporting.

New export controls, how they affect industry and research sectors, and measures needed to comply.