Australia- Trade and Immigration Background As Joycelyn

has mentioned Australia's having greater and greater

interaction with its Asian neighbours, through the areas of

trade and its active role in the regional trade organization -

APEC. Despite its location, Australia can hardly be thought

of being an Asian country. Not so long ago, Asian were

looked down upon, with a mixture of fear because of the

communist aggression, pity because of their poverty, and

contempt, as they dumped cheap and poorly made products

to do Australian workers out of job. For decades, high

prohibitive tariffs blocked the imports of Asian goods, and a

'White Australia' policy fenced off Asian migrants. However,

the situation is reversed in the past 2 decades. With East

Asia being the fastest growing economy, and the

development of regional trade blocs in their traditional

trading partners such as the EC and NAFTA that tend to

emphasize internal trade, Asia becomes Australia's single

most......

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Title: Australia
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