APEC ministers talk up free trade deal
On Saturday 12 November 2011, 21:51 EST
Trade ministers attending the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii are talking up the prospect of a deal to advance a new free trade agreement.The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, known as the TPP, now includes Chile, New Zealand, Brunei and Singapore, but Australia, Japan and the United States are among other countries negotiating to join.
The group's 21 trade ministers have held discussions specifically on the partnership, which is aimed at creating a free trade zone in the Asia Pacific.
Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson says with the addition of Japan, the economies of the TPP partnership will be 40 per cent larger than the European Union.
While Mr Emerson is positive about the idea, he will not set a time frame for its signing, saying "setting artificial deadlines is counter-productive." Prime Minister Julia Gillard and US President Barack Obama will meet with other interested countries tomorrow to discuss the agreement.
Earlier Saturday, Ms Gillard wrapped up her one-on-one meetings with the heads of Russia and Singapore on the sidelines of the summit.
During her meeting with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, they discussed Russia's entry to the World Trade Organisation.
Ms Gillard also raised the ban on Australian kangaroo exports to Russia.
She told Mr Medvedev she hopes trade will resume soon.
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3 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentSean Report AbuseWhat worries me, John, is that the kind of people in this country who love Australia honestly enough and have the devotion to our nation and its traditions and culture and most of all the real people of Australia generally don't have the credentials to gain the confidence of the ignorant masses that form the deciding minority of the electorate.
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How I wish I could vote for the Australian Democrats. - 2 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentjohn Report Abuse
Unfortunately most Australians have seen that unless you are an out and out radical like a Greens you do not have a say. We need a new party of true Aussies to bring the major political parties into line.Such a party as I see it would work in alignment with other countries when the best interest of the average Australian could be assured. They would not bow down to a biased UN. They would not let illegals into our country. They would not give into radical ideas like a Carbon Tax just to appease a party who is keeping you in power. They would ensure pensioners were not treated as flotsam and thier pensions would keep pace with the rest of Oz.
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Correct the situation usually requires the Saturday paper's situations vacant and find a new job on Monday.
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On topic ...
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"... they manipulate people to work against each other, then give them the power to correct the situation ..."
When you've worked as many casual labour-hire factory jobs as I have, the competition becomes between the casuals and the full-timers - the ones who load the forklift vs. the ones who operate the forklifts, you might say. When you're a casual "would-be" forklift driver unloading 40' pantecs of dogfood and chicken manure from China, youi stick with the other casuals and the competition is at the blunt end of those fork stays.
Those full-timer forkies are part of the 30% I mentioned before. The ones who work satisfactorily. - 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentPezza Report Abuse
Cat got your toungue or what.
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Sean you have it in a nutshell, I have eyes too and see how they manipulate people to work against each other, then give them the power to correct the situation, something they created in the first place, so sick of people , cant wait to retire and not have to deal with PEOPLE.
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Actually had people commenting today, iclipsing alot of the babyish crud that some dribble day in day out, interesting comments that allow the mind to think on corruption in this world and the UN plan for us.
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Australians have become lazy fat , lazy slobs, leave their rubbish on the table at Mac Donalds as if they are at a 5 star retaurant when the rubbish bin is right next to them, lazy slobs arrogant to the hilt, what happened to the real concientious people of this country, we used to throw our rubbish away now the youth throw their Mac Donals out the car window P platers doing piggish things like that, no wonder the Bali boy isnt being given an inch as once they saw the parents , decided to punish the boy by a prolonged trial and a bit of jail, they are simply making an example of him. Remember the ad on TV, when travelling to another country with different laws....BE CAREFUL, so what do dumb, embarracing Auzzies do.... just that , something disrespectful, look and learn you young punks.
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Stop complaining about jobs going overseas...its your own fault...work more ,talk less, have less smokos and coffee break.less sickos and less extended holiday and jobs will stay here...ohh yeah one more thing ask less $$$ for the work you perform, then you ..most aussies do not work......you are a joke...
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Any of you people on this Yahoo site had family work for CIA, KGB, etc,Well I will say no more.
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