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Labor's worker safeguards will break the ChAFTA deadlock but could have gone further

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imageThe Opposition's safeguards for workers under the China Australia free trade agreement have probably got the deal over the line. AAP/Mick Tsikas

Labor’s proposals designed to “safeguard” Australian workers under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) are a step in the right direction and are likely to break the impasse...

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