COVER STORY Free trade agreements leave us even more dependent on China*

Trade is in the headlines with Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports and on imported steel, a reaction to decades of trade deficits and the loss of American industry and jobs.
More on the U.S. tariffs and what they mean for the world trading system will appear in the next issue of News Weekly.
Meanwhile, the Trump Administration moves raise the question: how have Australia’s exports fared with the nine countries with which it has signed free trade agreements (FTAs) sinc…

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