Next Tuesday Prime Minister Abe will visit Australia. I expect the Free Trade Agreement with Japan or its new name the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan will feature prominently.  I repost below what I said on March 29 about the limited value of these bilateral agreements. Only last week, the Productivity Commission expressed similar reservations. … Continue reading John Menadue. Free Trade Agreement with Japan – ‘turbo charging’ our trade or mainly hype?… Continue reading »