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Australia touts free trade while chasing protectionism

The Australian government may be aggressively negotiating free-trade agreements, but in other ways it is restricting trade. The government has been giving itself extensive new anti-dumping powers, targeting steel and aluminum markets in particular. There was a nearly twofold increase in anti-dumping investigations in Australia in 2017. According to the Australian Productivity Commission, these protectionist […]

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