This essay aims to examine the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from China to Australia by analysing the proposed acquisition of Australian-based mining company Rio Tinto by the Chinese state-owned aluminium producer Chinalco. The proposed deal is illustrative of China's interest in...

Definition of what constitutes the national interest test has been deliberately kept vague. The foreign investment test acts as a filtering mechanism where the burden of proof regarding incoming foreign investments being against national interests rests with the Government, not with the...

The China–Australia Free Trade Agreement (‘ChAFTA') reflects the latest development of trade and investment rules in regional economic integration and is of significance to the future development of the international economic legal order. Through a critical analysis of the major ChAFTA rules...

This paper explores recent developments in outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) from Chinese companies in the wine sector in the Bordeaux (France) and West Australia (WA) regions. The objective is to explore the extent of the phenomenon, which although widely mediatized, has not been the...

This paper explores the recent evolution of Chinese investment in the Bordeaux region of France and the south-western area of Western Australia (WA). It seeks to identify the key motivations for the investment as well as the difficulties experienced. Drawing on a series of interviews and reviews...

From marginal relevance, the trade and business relations between Australia and Latin America have grown during the past two decades. A proximate reason is that they diversified to encompass a greater range of manufactures and services. Differences in the business environments of Australia and...