NEW REPORT OUT NOW
On 9 November 2015, CEDA released a policy perspective, Global networks: transforming how Australia does business, which examines the importance of global connectedness to Australia's future prosperity.
Australia’s role in our region and the broader world is rapidly changing. Technological developments and changing global networks are growing international trade, two-way investment, and the exchange of people and ideas. The result is reshaping business practices and revolutionising Australia's relationships with the rest of the world.
Australia is uniquely well-placed to take advantage of the opportunities created by digital disruption. New global production models provide niches into which Australia can compete, and many Australian businesses are already preparing for and capitalising on the increasingly global marketplace.
This release coincides with the recent introduction of legislation needed to implement the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) and the conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
Read and download the report: Global networks: transforming how Australia does business
Read media release: CEDA report: formal trade policy needed to guide future negotiations
Read Melbourne event summary: Agribusiness big winner in free-trade agreements
Read Perth event summary: China now the world's services centre
Watch the panel discussion from the Melbourne launch event
The Hon. Andrew Robb AO MP, Federal Minister for Trade and Investment
Professor Peter Dixon and Professor Maureen Rimmer, Victoria University
Susan Harris Rimmer, Associate Professor, Griffith University
Kerry Brown, Director, China Studies Centre and Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney
Alex Dobes, Regulatory reform specialist, Victoria
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