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It's more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?

  • Written by Pat Ranald, Research fellow, University of Sydney
It's more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?Simon Birmingham and Enggartiasto Lukita have signed an agreement that might never be ratified in that form.DFAT

Australia’s trade minister Simon Birmingham and his Indonesian counterpart Enggartiasto Lukita signed the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on Monday. Only afterwards (as is often the case) did we get...

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