16 July 2013
Subjects: Darwin visit, trade policy, live exports, Northern Territory development policy, carbon tax/ETS, border protection policy.
E&OE…
JULIE BISHOP I’m here today to talk with local businesses, local producers, exporters, manufacturers, the chambers of commerce and a whole range of associations that are involved in trade.
Australia’s standard of living depends upon our ability to export our goods and services to the world and I believe that trade policy has fallen behind under the Labor Government. In fact, our competitors are signing up and concluding Free Trade Agreements with countries in our region and taking market share away from Australia.
For example, other countries have signed Free Trade Agreements with China, South Korea and Taiwan, Hong Kong and a number of other countries that were receiving record levels of Australian goods and services.
