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Free trade agreements fail to boost Australian agriculture and food manufacturing

  • Written by The Conversation
imageThe balance of trade positions of Australian agriculture and food manufacturing have deteriorated since FTAs with New Zealand, the United States and Thailand have come into play.Flickr/Phil Greenhalgh, CC BY

Many claims are made that Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with select trading partners will benefit Australian agriculture. OECD statistics say...

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