Comments on: FTAs Badly Failing Australia http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/2008/12/11/ftas-badly-failing-australia/ Find news and analysis of globalisation's impacts on people & the planet and the prospects for fair and sustainable economies, from Global Trade Watch. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Australia-US FTA still a drain on Australia’s economy | Rethinking Globalisation http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/2008/12/11/ftas-badly-failing-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Australia-US FTA still a drain on Australia’s economy | Rethinking Globalisation Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:00:27 +0000 http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/?p=88#comment-483 [...] FTAs Badly Failing Australia [...] [...] FTAs Badly Failing Australia [...]

]]> By: Pete http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/2008/12/11/ftas-badly-failing-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Pete Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:44:11 +0000 http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/?p=88#comment-190 Even at the time, nobody credible was expecting financial benefits to come to Australia from those FTAs. The FTAs were essentially a defacto part of strengthening relationships with those foreign powers. (Terrible value for money though. Anyone sane would have just gifted the leaders with a fancy clock or an expensive painting or something.) Even at the time, nobody credible was expecting financial benefits to come to Australia from those FTAs. The FTAs were essentially a defacto part of strengthening relationships with those foreign powers.

(Terrible value for money though. Anyone sane would have just gifted the leaders with a fancy clock or an expensive painting or something.)

]]> By: Darren http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/2008/12/11/ftas-badly-failing-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Darren Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:25:04 +0000 http://tradewatch.org.au/blog/?p=88#comment-130 Because they can't go down in history as a group of politicians that didn't find a way to screw Australia, can they? Because they can’t go down in history as a group of politicians that didn’t find a way to screw Australia, can they?

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