Submission to the Inquiry into activating trade and investment between Australia and Pacific island countries

By Stephen Howes and Beth Orton

July 2020

This submission aims to demonstrate the unique nature of the Pacific economies, and of their interactions with the outside world, including Australia. It concludes that a conventional approach to promoting trade with the Pacific will fail, and that it is essential that the Committee put labour mobility at the front and centre of its considerations.

Howes, S. & Orton, B. 2020, Submission to the Inquiry into activating trade and investment between Australia and Pacific island countries, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.

Karen Downing

Karen Downing is Research Communications Coordinator at the Development Policy Centre.