Recent Posts
- Labor's bid for local control, The Australian
- Advocates of a nanny state assume we are all children, Courier Mail
- Regulating supermarkets does not checkout, Canberra Times
- Carbon market flaws evident, The Australian
- Selling out press for a bit of pork, The Australian
- Indifference to regulatory price rises a problem, Australian Financial Review
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Green protectionist folly, Canberra Times
Under environmental disguises, industry and labor unions are running parallel campaigns with environmentalists seeking to roll back free trade. For years, “green” groups have been pushing for environmental trade restrictions in developed countries such as the United States. Carbon tariffs, … Continue reading
The new green protectionism, Bangkok Post
Export-dependent jobs in Asia are under threat by vested interests including unions and industry in developed countries advocating for trade barriers disguised as environmentalism. Advocating trade barriers under the banner of environmentalism is nothing new. European countries support the introduction … Continue reading
Free trade infected by ‘green protectionism’, Washington Times
Unions and industry that want to roll back the progress of free trade increasingly are using environmental causes as a disguise. For years Australian green groups have claimed mass deforestation and illegal logging is occurring in Asia. In response, Greenpeace … Continue reading
