By Marina Yue Zhang, University of Technology Sydney In the escalating trade war between the United States and China, one notable exception stood out: 31 critical minerals, including rare earth elements, were strategically exempted from tariffs. This was not a gesture of goodwill. It was a tacit acknowledgment of the United States’ deep dependence on…
Industry research and development, marketing and regulatory body Wine Australia has released its latest Export Report, showing exports up 34 per cent by value and 7 per cent in volume for the 12 months ending September 2024, both reaching their highest levels in three years. In a statement on the report on Tuesday, Wine Australia…
By Peter Draper, University of Adelaide Finally, Australia’s rock lobster industry will be able to export to China again, following a deal struck on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Laos last week. It will take some weeks to finalise the paperwork, but Chinese diners can expect to eat our high-quality crustaceans as we…
Industry body Weld Australia has cited the damage caused by Super Typhoon Yagi earlier this month in China in its push for quality control and local sourcing for Australian wind farms. Yagi hit the Philippines, then China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Weld Australia said that the more than 300 kilometre-per-hour winds after making Yagi made…
Wine exports to China, on which harsh duties were removed earlier this year, are back to near-peak levels, the federal government has announced. On Monday agriculture minister Murray Watt said that over 9.8 million litres of bottled wine was exported to China in May, valued at $142.2 million. Of this, nearly 7.4 million litres worth…
Applied EV selects Cissoid’s inverter control module Melbourne-based vehicle control system specialist Applied EV announced on Wednesday that it has selected Cissoid’s new CXT-ICM3SA series of Silicon Carbide Inverter Control Modules (ICMs) for their latest generation of autonomous vehicle e-motors. According to Cissoid, their software-powered ICMs are “augmented with onboard programmable hardware, accelerating the response…
By Weihuan Zhou, UNSW Sydney and James Laurenceson, University of Technology Sydney China’s Ministry of Commerce has finally ended its tariffs on Australian wine, which had been imposed for more than three years at rates as high as 218.4%. The measures have had a catastrophic impact on Australia’s wine exports. In 2019, Australia sold A$1.24…
By Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of microchips. These technological marvels are in everything from lightbulbs and toothbrushes to cars, trains and planes, not to mention the vast array of electronics that have become integral to many people’s daily lives. The 21st century chip manufacturing industry has been…
By Charlie Huang, RMIT University Australia’s largest export, iron ore, has long been a powerhouse of economic growth. Over the past two decades, its contribution to our national income has surged from just A$8 billion in 2005 to over A$124 billion today. But the Australian iron ore industry faces a major challenge as its biggest…
By Mohan Yellishetty, Monash University Australia’s nickel industry has been granted access to billions of dollars in federal funding as well as relief from royalty payments after a collapse in the global price of nickel that threatens thousands of jobs. On Thursday BHP wrote down the value of its West Australian nickel division Nickel West…
