Australia-Singapore Digital Economy AgreementEconomy Agreement • September 25th, 2020
The ACTU is the peak body for Australian unions. The ACTU and affiliated unions have had a long and significant interest in the trade agenda on behalf of workers and their communities.
SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA GREEN ECONOMY AGREEMENTEconomy Agreement • February 17th, 2024
UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement: Agreement in principle explainerEconomy Agreement • December 9th, 2021
The UK and Singapore have reached agreement in principle on a Digital Economy Agreement (DEA). The text below summarises the agreement in principle.
Future-proofing world trade in technology: Turning the WTO IT Agreement (ITA) into theEconomy Agreement • December 12th, 2011
Although the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a sector agreement tailored for the fast-moving ICT industry, the signatories have failed to re-negotiate its scope since 1996. In the meantime, the digital economy has reshaped the industry with emergence of Internet and a range of new products, where many of them are dependent on network services. Supply chain fragmentation has integrat- ed the developing economies in the ICT trade, and they stand to enjoy most of its trade, welfare and efficiency gains. Despite proliferation of bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) in recent years, they cannot replace a plurilateral ‘critical mass’ agreement under the auspices of the WTO. This article proposes the creation of an International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA) by augmenting the ITA through full coverage on trade in goods; including non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and trade in telecommunication and comput- er and related services in all modes of de
Typography versus Hitler—The Book Production War Economy AgreementEconomy Agreement • December 3rd, 2022
This post is a summary of some things I learned trying to under- stand what the logo above means, after I discovered it on the copy- right page of Introducing James Joyce (1942). Introducing is a brief selection of Joyce’s works (including selections from Dubliners, Por- trait, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake) selected and introduced (very briefly) by T. S. Eliot.
AUSTRALIA-SINGAPORE DIGITAL ECONOMY AGREEMENTEconomy Agreement • August 5th, 2020
The Government of Australia (“Australia”) and the Government of the Republic of Singapore (“Singapore”), hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Parties”:
