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Industrial policies and subsidies have returned to the centre of policy and academic debates about the future of the multilateral trading system. Despite the pervasive use of such policies and subsidies worldwide particularly in time of crisis such as COVID-19 , China remains a top concern for major players (eg. the US, the EU and Japan) in the system and for leading experts on the World Trade Organization (WTO).

China felt the Murray Darling Basin Plan was about more than the environment. It wanted to know how much more.

In 2018, China began a barley investigation in response to Australia imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel and aluminium.

Australian growers are effectively banned from a huge market. But details of the decision show how it may be reversed.

The threat of punitive tariffs made by China against Australian barley isn't new. The consequences could be dramatic.

The role of the multilateral trading system has been diminished with rising protectionism and unilateralism in trade policy, as evidenced by the US-China trade war, the use of retaliatory tariffs and the paralysis of the WTO’s Appellate Body.

In complaining about China's alleged special treatment by the World Trade Organization, US President Donald Trump and Australia's Scott Morrison are pointing to something that isn't really there.

Roadshow helps to strengthen research collaboration with academic staff in five top universities.

China's so-called anti-dumping action against Australia is really an action against Australia's overuse of anti-dumping provisions. Barley producers are caught in the crossfire.