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Manufacturers' Manifesto For Australia To Live With China's Boom Avoids The Pitfalls

Thursday April 20, 2006
AUSTRALIAN manufacturing is increasingly caught between the rock of an overvalued currency due to the commodity boom largely driven by China's phenomenal economic growth and a hard place in the form of Chinese labour costs that are about one-tenth of Australian rates.

Fta May Threaten Furniture Makers

Thursday April 6, 2006
A FREE trade deal with China would be a big threat to Victorian furniture manufacturers because China already seems to be dumping its product in Australia, the industry has warned.

How To Make Money From A Falling $a

Sunday April 2, 2006
The $A has been falling and that's good news for the sharemarket, the trade deficit and a host of companies. But it is not so good for tourism, the country's foreign debt or motorists. By Richard Webb.