Australia has implemented FTAs with the United States and New Zealand; is currently negotiating an FTA with China; and has recently completed a joint FTA feasibility study with Japan – in other words, with each of its top five export destinations, except South Korea. Jeffrey Robertson looks at the domestic political impediments in South Korea...

A commitment to openness would affirm democratic values and principles, write Rebecca LaForgia and Bryan Mercurio.

For China, a recurring issue affecting bilateral trade relations is Australia's anti-dumping rules. Over the last decade, imports from China have been subject to more anti-dumping action than those from any major industrialised or developing country. Michael Priestley examines Australia's anti-dumping rules as they apply to China and discusses the likely changes that will result...

Like any other contract or agreement, free trade agreements can be a source for disputes. In this Research Note Thomas John outlines the resolution process spelt out in the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.

Changes to the Copyright Act 1968 and Patents Act 1990 form a significant and complex part of the Bill to implement the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement. But the agreement does leave some room for Australia to decide the shape of its own law, so implementation inevitably involves making substantive policy choices. In this guide Jacob...