Business in Australia, Sydney, Canberra, Perth

1. Introduction to Australia (Oceania)
2. Australian Economy
3. International Trade of Australia
4. Investment in Australia
5. Business Opportunities in Australia:
   1. Australian Agribusiness
   2. Manufacturing
   3. Financial services
   4. Biotechnology
   5. Transport and Logistics
6. Case Study: Information and Communications Technology sector
7. Doing Business in...
   1. Sydney
   2. Canberra
   3. Adelaide
   4. Brisbane
   5. Melbourne
8. Access to the Australian Market
9. Business Plan for Australia

The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Australia” are:

1. To analyze the Australian Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in Australia
3. To explore the Australian trade relations with the student's country
4. To learn about Australian Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Australia market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Australia” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters adapted to Australian Students.

Languages: or Australia Australie.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Australia”: 3

Preferential Access and Trade Agreements of Australia

1. Australia and the Economic Area of Oceania
2. APEC
3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association
4. Pacific Islands Forum
5. Oceania Customs Organization
6. Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus)
7. South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)
8. Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Agreement
9. Australia-Papua New Guinea Free Trade Agreement (PATCRA)
10. Australia-U.S.
11. Australia-Chile Agreement
12. Singapore-Australia Agreement
13. India-Australia FTA
14. ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Agreement
15. Australia-China Agreement
16. Australia-Hong Kong China Agreement
17. Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
18. Peru-Australia Agreement
19. South Korea-Australia Agreement
20. Japan-Australia Agreement
21. Malaysia-Australia Agreement
22. Thailand-Australia Agreement
23. Trade Agreements with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Honduras
24. Regional Comprehensive Economic Association
25. Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
26. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Observer)
27. SICA (observer)

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. BIC (Containers)
4. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
5. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. Convention for Safe Containers
   2. Istanbul Convention
6. Customs Convention on Containers
7. TIR Convention (Road Transport, IRU)
8. International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)

1. Boao Forum for Asia
2. Economic Commission for Asia (ESCAP)
3. East Asia-Latin America Cooperation
4. Asia-Europe Meeting
5. Colombo Plan
6. Africa-Asia Partnership

Global Economic Organizations and Conventions of Australia

1. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
2. Commonwealth
3. OECD
   1. OECD anti-corruption measures
4. United Nations
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre
   3. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
   4. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
5. World Bank
6. World Trade Organization (WTO)
7. International Monetary Fund
8. ...

The Commonwealth of Australia (Asia-Pacific).

1. The capital of Australia is Canberra
2. Sydney is the main Australian city of business
3. Other Australian cities are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide
4. Australian states: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia
5. Australian population: 23.6 million people
6. Area of Australia: 7,692,024 km² (the sixth largest country in the world)
7. Australia (almost a continent) does not share borders with any country
8. Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and New Zealand are the closest countries to Australia
9. Australia has no official language, although English is the language of Australians, as well as several aboriginal languages
10. Australia is a Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy; Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State
11. Australia gained the independence from the United Kingdom in 1901
12. In 1975 Papua New Guinea gained the independence from Australia

Australia belongs to the Economic Area of Oceania (Western Civilization).

Christianity (Protestantism) is the main religion in Australia (16 million people, 1 million of Methodists), there are 5 million of Catholics.

1. 160,000 Maronites (Christians)

Australian Economy.

1. Foreign Direct Investment stock: 36% of the Australian GDP
2. The United States and the UK are the largest investors in Australia
3. The Australian economy was ranked in the top three economies in the Asia-Pacific region for its competitiveness
4. Top rank financial services sector. Australia has a very sophisticated financial sector and is one of the largest financial centers in the region
5. Influence of religion on financial systems
   1. Australia is well placed to capitalize the economic growth of China and India
6. Currency of Australia: Australian dollar (AUD)

International Trade and Business in Australia

International Trade of Australia.

1. Australian exports: more than 20% of the Australian GDP. 176,000 million dollars
2. Asia-Pacific Markets: 68% of Foreign Trade (products and services)
3. Main export products of Australia are coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, wheat, machinery, and transport equipment
4. Largest export markets of Australia are China, Japan, South Korea, India, the United States, and the UK
5. Main import products from Australia are machinery and transport equipment, computers, telecommunication, crude oil
6. Main suppliers of Australia are China, the United States (20,050 million dollars), Japan, Thailand, and Singapore
7. The countries belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - Pacific (APEC) represent 68.1% of the Australian Foreign Trade of products and services
8. The United States is one of the largest trade partners of the Australian products, and the largest Foreign Direct Investment source
9. Japan has been the largest export market for Australia for forty years. Export products to Japan amounted to 52,500 million dollars, more than the combined value of exports of goods to China and the United States
10. Bilateral trade relationship with Indonesia is stable with a total Foreign Trade of 11.5 billion dollars, making Indonesia its 13th largest trading partner
11. Singapore is the largest trading and investment partner of Australia in ASEAN Region

Australian Market Access and Trade Agreements

Australia has bilateral Trade Agreements with New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, Thailand, Chile, and ASEAN.

Australia is negotiating seven Trade Agreements and bilateral agreements with China, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, and regional/multilateral Trade Agreements with GCC, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) and the New Pacific Trade and Economic Agreement (PACER Plus).