Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles
December
Rare earths vs rarer resources: Global ripples from Australia’s divestment decision
December
Australian housing availability and affordability: The impact of Chinese investment and migration
December
According to the UTS:ACRI/BIDA Poll 2023, 73 percent of Australians take the view that ‘Foreign buyers from China drive up Australian housing prices’, while 68 percent say that ‘Chinese investors have negatively affected the rental market for residential real estate in Australia’.[1] Similar proportions were found in 2021 and 2022.[2] Recently, the Australian government and opposition have arguably fueled such perceptions by explicitly tying migration to domestic
Critical minerals for the world – or just for the US? Turning Australia into a green minerals powerhouse comes with risks
December
By Marina Zhang, David Gann and Mark Dodgson
Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on May 23 2024.
How resilient is China’s ‘world’s factory’ to supply chain shifts?
December
It’s economically naive to cut China out of direct investment
December
The geopolitics of Tesla’s China breakthrough
December
Australia’s critical minerals strategy needs more economic reality and less geopolitical wishful thinking
December
Note: This article appeared in The Australian on April 28 2024.
Canberra is copping heat over its critical minerals strategy.
Ensuring the ‘Future Made in Australia Act’ doesn’t add to a global subsidy arms race
December
In conversation with Shadow Trade Minister Kevin Hogan on Australia-China trade
December
Over recent years, political differences between Canberra and Beijing have become more pronounced. Yet data suggests that economic exchanges between Australia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have, on the whole, remained resilient. In 2023, the value of Australia’s exports to the PRC, the bilateral trade surplus and total two-way trade all hit new record highs.