is in terminal decline, and that the lost output is being replaced by imports from the developing world. Almost daily … without a more or less balancing volume of exports, and there is in reality limited scope for exporting a sufficient volume of … services. Imports of goods must more or less be balanced by the export of domestically produced goods. How can a widespread …

This paper was one input to the Australian Government’s decision to remove tariffs on imports from the least developed … countries. The Commission’s analysis suggests that removing tariffs on imports from these countries could significantly boost … imports from these countries, particularly of clothing, and would have little impact on prices, incomes or jobs in Australia. …

On 26 June 1998 the Treasurer referred the question of whether safeguard action is warranted against imports of meat of …