Trade Research Assignment
AUSTRALIA’S TRADE RELATIONSHIP
Caitlin Minchin | Economics | 11th June 2018
Introduction
This research assignment will discuss the trade relationship that Australia has with other countries with the focus on China. It will consider Globilisation, Free trade agreements, and Australia’s exports and imports, and how these fit in the circular flow model. Globalisation
Globalisation involves all of the countries in the world being linked together, which can then result in the exchange of views, ideas, products and culture between people and nations. Globalisation has come a long way in the past 30 years, due to the improvement of technology and transport. The improvement in technology allows countries to transfer information between one another a lot more efficiently, and in a less complicated
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