Asia Business Focus - Publications


		Publications Foreign Investment Australia-Japan economic relationship Australia's engagement with Asian economies Foreign Investment Inconsistencies in treatment of foreign investment in trade agreements Kristen Bondietti, December 2008, Australian APEC Study Centre, Monash University. In a paper for the APEC Study Centre, ITS Global consultant Kristen Bondietti demonstrates how the level of foreign investment entering Australia is restricted by a regulatory regime that results in a permanent and ongoing cost to the economy. Australia-Japan economic relationship Australia and Japan: How distance and complementarity shape a remarkable commercial relationship DFAT, December 2008. A study by the Economic Analytical Unit of DFAT highlights the importance of the economic relationship between Australia and Japan. The Report summary can be found here. Australia's engagement with Asian economies Asialink Index 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Melbourne Institute and Asialink, December 2008. This joint study measures the changes in Australia's engagement with Asian nations between 1990 and 2008, by taking into account developments in trade, investment, research and development, education, tourism, migration and human assistance. Asia Business Focus is managed by ITS Global. Website pages designed by Fergco Pty Ltd.