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International trade, export marketing, imports, protection and dumping

ACIL Tasman has completed a wide range of assignments on international trade regulation, policies and issues for private and public sector clients.

Our projects have covered broad polices (eg free trade agreements and international protocols) and specific issues (eg exports of particular products or to particular markets). They cover both imports (eg dumping cases) and exports (eg export marketing). The work draws on our consultants’ knowledge of the economics of international trade and their direct experience in trade negotiations and international agencies.

In addition, ACIL Tasman has an in-house general equilibrium model that can be utilised for detailed analysis of key sectors in question.

The following sections summarise the main areas of ACIL Tasman’s work in trade, with examples of projects:

Trade and foreign investment policy

  • trans-Tasman business interdependence
  • implications of a US-Australia Free Trade Agreement
  • impact of the proposed China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
  • priorities for the proposed Indonesia-Australia Free Trade Agreement
  • potential economic relationship between Western Australia and Indonesia
  • best practice in investment attraction and facilitation
  • assessment of barriers to services trade and FDI.

Exports and export marketing

  • allocating Australia’s US meat export rights
  • agricultural marketing in New Zealand
  • wool industry future directions
  • grain sector strategic review
  • grain marketing liberalisation

Imports, protection and dumping

  • import contestability in trade practices cases
  • economic analysis of tourism issues
  • a critique of estimates of effective protection
  • competitiveness of the Australian automotive industry