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by Stephane Chatonsky   March, 22 (East Asia Forum) – It has been more than 20 years since former Australia prime minister Paul Keating declared that ‘no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia. If we fail to get this relationship right, and nurture and develop it, the whole web of our foreign relations

by Stephane Chatonsky   March, 1 (Company Director Magazine) – Despite China’s softening economic prospects, Australian companies are neglecting to explore export opportunities in Southeast Asia. According to McKinsey, collectively, the countries of Southeast Asia would be the world’s seventh largest economy – and this economy is growing at least as fast as China. The

by Mark Abernethy   December, 3 (The Australian Financial Review) — Not all of Australia’s trade prospects lie in the vast economy of China, the growth of India or the Trans Pacific Partnership. There are smaller trading partners that don’t necessarily follow economies of scale exporting, but instead leverage Australian expertise into higher-value collaborations. Some

June, 15 (The Australian) — Australian companies have only 2 per cent of their global investment in emerging Southeast Asia. A radical overhaul of our focus and strategy is needed. With a few exceptions, corporates are going to miss out on the growth of Southeast Asia. The figures speak for themselves. ABS reports that while

Australian corporates put only 2% of their global investments in emerging South East Asia. We invest 2.5x more into New Zealand than into Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines combined. We are dwarfed 30 to 1 by Japan in terms of our investments into Indonesia. Is it really how we are going to transition