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Free Trade, Gangnam Style: The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement
InfoJustice
(2013)
Abstract
On the 5th December 2013, Australia and Korea announced that they had finalised a new free trade agreement. Is it a fair trade fairytale? Or is it a dirty deal done dirt cheap? It is hard to tell, because the respective governments have not yet published the text of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA). There has been much debate in the Australian Parliament over the transparency of the trade agreement; the scope of market access provided under the deal; and the impact of the investment chapter, with an investor-state dispute settlement clause. KAFTA foreshadows the approach of the new Conservative Government in Australia to other trade deals – such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Keywords
- Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement,
- KAFTA,
- Secrecy,
- Investment,
- Agriculture,
- Trans-Pacific Partnership,
- TPP,
- TPPA.
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 11, 2013
Citation Information
Matthew Rimmer. "Free Trade, Gangnam Style: The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement" InfoJustice (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/174/