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Vietnam is poised to become a top 20 economy, so why is Australia taking so long to make trade and investment links?

Written by Anne Vo, Senior lecturer in Vietnamese culture and politics, University of Wollongong

At a time of widespread global trade instability, Australia should be expanding and diversifying its economic partnerships. Supply chains remain fragile, and protectionist rhetoric is once again gaining traction in major Western economies.

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Vietnam is poised to become a top 20 economy, so why is Australia taking so long to make trade and investment links?

Compulsory super is higher than ever at 12%. But cutting it would hurt low-paid workers most

A crucial meeting aims to remake the WTO to fit the new global order

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This is how the 1970s oil shock played out. There are lessons for the economy today

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