Free Trade Agreement In Australia And China Case Study

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Free Trade agreement is a legal agreement between two or more countries to remove hurdle to trade and investment .It create free flow of goods, services, investment among different countries. FTA allows the countries to give access to each other preferential market.It helps to promote and smooth the flow of trade and investment between two or more countries. Australia and China contributed a very powerful and fastest growing trade and economic relationship between each other. In these past decades China has become the largest two way trading partner of Australia which is of great importance for Australia’s future economic . Negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTO) began on 18 April 2005 between Australia and China following consideration of a joint feasibility study .In March 2005 the study was completed and came to an end that with the help of FTA both the countries would get economic benefits. There are various benefits of FTA to both countries , free trade allows both countries to get expert in the production of those commodities in which they have less knowledge. It gives benefits to consumers as they can get a huge variety of goods and services available in the market.There were 19th round of negotiations between Australia and China in which the first round was held in 23May2005 in Sydney,second round took place in Beijing from 22-24 August 2005,third round from 2 to 4 Nov 2005,and recent round of negotiations which took place in Beijing from 4-6 June2013.It is known that Australia export goods to overseas and including China and in return they receives a bulk amount of money ,this money is then used for importing other goods like cars and other electrical equipment.Due to the free trade between Australia and China m... ... middle of paper ... ...r D,100 tonnes of natural gas cost 170 million of other goods,1 tonne of natural gas cost 170/100.i.e 17/10 of other goods. It is concluded that Free Trade Agreement between Australia and China would bring about several benefits to both the countries. The goods which are produced by China in large quantity may cost less to local residents because it is easily available but when it is exported to countries like Australia the demand may rise due to scarcity of those goods . The employment opportunities may rise in China due large number of productions of other goods like cloths,toys electronic equipments . The population of China may feel tired of the goods produced in their country and may switch to something else.If a country produces products once in a year ,people will ready to pay high price for that product ,but if it is easily available no one cares to buy .

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