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Indonesia announced in December it was closing many of its ports over quarantine concerns, rationalising access from 14 ports to four with the restrictions to begin next month. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Trade Minister, Craig...
The latest Newspoll published in The Australian on Monday shows Mr Abbott holds a nine-point lead over Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the question of who is more capable of handling the economy. But Trade Minister Craig Emerson said Mr Abbott...
...(from L) Moderator Robert Z. Lawrence, Minister of Trade of Indonesia Gita Wirjawan, Brazilian airplane maker Embraer President and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, European Commission Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht,... View Photo »
That's the way to do it, not these sort of protest activities which are going to cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars
AUSTRALIA'S importation of primates for research has sparked an investigation into allegations that the little-known trade breaches international agreements on animal welfare. The Deputy Speaker of Federal Parliament, Anna Burke, has asked the Trade...
AUSTRALIA'S importation of primates for research has sparked an investigation into allegations that the little-known trade breaches international agreements on animal welfare. Federal Parliament's Deputy Speaker, Anna Burke, has asked Trade Minister...
The Korean government faced stiff opposition - both inside parliament and amongst the wider community - to its deal with the US, known as KORUS FTA. The deal was signed in 2007 but the controversy ensured it was not ratified until late last year. Ms...
Australian Minister of trade Craig Emerson attends the WEF session 'After Doha: The future of global trade' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 28, 2012. View Photo »
We are triple A rated by all three rating agencies, something the Howard government never achieved
The Japanese badly want to join the Trans Pacific Partnership, an ambitious set of trade negotiations between the United States and eight other Pacific nations that have gone far farther, and faster, than most observers expected. Australian Trade...
The trade minister has been nominated as one of two senior ministers undecided about who should lead federal Labor - Ms Gillard or her predecessor Kevin Rudd. 'No one has phoned me,' he told ABC Radio on Monday, when asked about a report in The Daily...
Craig Anthony Emerson (born 15 November 1954), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the seat of Rankin, Queensland. He was born in Baradine, New South Wales, and was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, Sydney University and the... Full Article
Australian Minister of trade Craig Emerson attends the WEF session 'After Doha: The future of global trade' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 28, 2012.
View Photo »Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson speaks at the Asia-Pacific Business Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 9, 2011. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will take place in Hawaii over the weekend.
View Photo »Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) meets with Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson (R) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on October 1, 2011. Emerson is here to attend the signing ceremony for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
View Photo »Australia's minister for Trade Craig Emerson arrives at the Elysee Palace before a summit on the post-Kadhafi era on September 1, 2011 in Paris. France hosts a 'Friends of Libya' conference to allow states that stood by during the uprising that ousted Moamer Kadhafi to belatedly back...
View Photo »China's Minister of Commerce Chen Deming (2nd R) chats with Japan's Trade Minister Banri Kaieda (R) while Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson (L) chats with his Indonesian counterpart Mari Pangestu at the AEM-EAS Consultation of Economic Minister in Manado August 13, 2011. ...
View Photo »China's Minister of Commerce Chen Deming (R) holds a puppet to greet Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson (L) and Indonesia's Trade Minister Mari Pangestu (2nd L) during a dinner reception in Manado August 12, 2011. Indonesia hosts the 43rd ASEAN Economic Ministerial (AEM) and...
View Photo »Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd (2nd R) and Trade Minister Craig Emerson share a light moment with Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird (L) as they leave the APEC Ministerial Meetings family photo in Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011.
View Photo »Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, right, talks with his country's Finance Minister Craig Emerson during an APEC ministerial meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Honolulu.
View Photo »Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson talks with other officials before the start of the Ministers Responsible for Trade and the Small and Medium Size Enterprise Ministerial Meeting at the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum Ministerial Meeting at the Big Sky Resort...
View Photo »Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson listens to a question at a press conference of officials responsible for trade at the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum Ministerial Meeting at the Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, Montana May 20, 2011. The meeting is one of a series...
View Photo »Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson listens to a question at a trade ministers news conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Big Sky, Montana May 20, 2011.
View Photo »Canadian Associate Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Trade Commissioner David Plunkett (L) poses with Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson (C) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (R) for a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Big Sky, Montana May...
View Photo »Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson (L) laughs with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk (R) as senior trade officials pose for a family photo at the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum Ministerial Meeting at the Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, Montana May 19, 2011. The...
View Photo »U.S. Ambassador Ron Kirk, center, talks wtih Brunei Darussalam's Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, second minister of foreign affairs and trade, right, and Australia's minister for trade, Craig Emerson, left, during the APEC 2011 senior officials meeting, Thursday, May 19, 2011, in Big Sky, Mont.
View Photo »Australia's Minister for Trade Craig Emerson gestures during a press conference in Jakarta on April 20, 2011. Emerson was on a two-day visit to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
View Photo »Australia's Minister for Trade Craig Emerson (L) stands with his Indonesian counterpart Mari Elka Pangestu (R) during a press conference in Jakarta on April 20, 2011. Emerson was on a two-day visit to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
View Photo »Canadian International Trade Minister Edward Fast (R) greets his Australian counterpart Craig Emerson prior to their talks at Canadian Embassy in Tokyo on October 1, 2011. Both trade ministers are now here for the signing of Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
View Photo »Singapore's Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang (R), followed by Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson (rear, partially obscured), is accompanied by a dancer for a dance during a dinner reception in Manado August 12, 2011. Indonesia hosts the 43rd ASEAN Economic Ministerial (AEM) and...
View Photo »(L-R) Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Chiaki Takahasi, Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, Canada's Associate Assistant Deputy Minister & Chief Trade Commissioner David Plunkett and Australia's Minister for Trade Craig Emerson check their positions as they take their...
View Photo »U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (C) adjusts his pants flanked by (L) Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson and (R) Brunei Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Phein Dato Lim Jock Seng at a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Big Sky, Montana...
View Photo »U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (R) listens to Australian Minister for Trade Craig Emerson at a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Big Sky, Montana May 19, 2011.
View Photo »Australian Minister of trade Craig Emerson attends the WEF session 'After Doha: The future of global trade' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 28, 2012.
View Photo »That's the way to do it, not these sort of protest activities which are going to cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars
We are triple A rated by all three rating agencies, something the Howard government never achieved
What we're seeking to do here is to create room for the other major instrument of macroeconomic policy, which is monetary policy ... If we are able to create room for the expansion of investment in this country, where there's already a $430 billion pipeline, at the same time easing the pressure on monet...
If we are able to create room for the expansion of investment in this country, where there's already a $430 billion pipeline, at the same time easing the pressure on monetary policy, that could create the circumstances of a further reduction in interest rates.
