Is this what you call a free trade agreement?

[donnashuggy]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/free-trade-agreement-china-wants-to-send-worke...

Do you think we will need Chinese workers?

[spotweldersfriend]

Did you know Abnott & co lifted the foreign investment screening limit to $1billion with the South Koreans earlier this year?
China has been pushing Australia to relax its stance re foreign investment.The Chinese now have a big bargaining chip in light of the Aust.-South Korean deal.What did these guys agree to when they were over there last week?

[just_me_karen]

It seems wrong,,,corrupt, even...and certainly lacking in transparency...that the public isn't told what were agreeing to. It's like the eBay user agreement that is supposed to show each time we sign in, but never does haha

Dodgy bros.

[*crikey*mate*]

Donna, may I ask if all the stock that you sell in your eBay store is sourced from Australia?

Does it all have it's origins in Australia?

[donnashuggy]

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@diamond-halo wrote:

Donna, may I ask if all the stock that you sell in your eBay store is sourced from Australia?

Does it all have it's origins in Australia?

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It's not relevant, just like where your shoes are made is not relevant to foreign investment where the chinese want to bring in their own workers.

You could start another thread about it but you won't find me responding to personal stuff, it just isn't appropriate.

[carls*world]

One phrase uttered from Tone's lips said it all months ago.

"Whatever it takes"

Remember those words like it was 5 minutes ago, "Whatever it takes to get the FTA with China signed and sealed ASAP"

[carls*world]

If "investement" was investment as it was in the industrial boom, no problem. Big investors put big money into factories etc, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Philips, British Tubemills, amongst others, and they then employed Australians (and when a genuine shortage arose, £10 Poms and the like) to work those factories, producing goods for the Australian market, and a lesser extent, export. Yes, those O/S companies took a nice profit home, but still contributed to the Australian economy.
What GovCo and others now call "Investment" is selling off primary producing land etc, for the sole benefit of the so called investing company, allowing them to produce foods for their own domestic market, under the guise of "humanitarian needs" bypass local tax laws, and ship it directly home.
Can somebody please explain to me, how that benefits Australia and Australians?