In December 2015 the Australian and Chinese governments agreed to a bilateral Free Trade agreement. The agreement made 95% of all Australian exports into China tariff-free including agricultural products such as beef and dairy. Opponents of the deal included Unions who argued that it posed the risk of shipping jobs to China since it did not contain any labour market testing requirements. Proponents argue that the deal will grow the economy by giving exporters greater access to the expanding Chinese economy.
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Response rates from 358k Australia voters.
55% Yes |
45% No |
52% Yes |
30% No |
3% Yes, but only if China agrees to float the yuan and end its currency manipulation |
8% No, not until China meets strict humanitarian and animal rights standards |
6% No, and we should do more to prevent the outsourcing of Australian jobs |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 358k Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@4ZHZGV44yrs4Y
How about a free trade agreement with other third world countries instead of continually feeding the monster in China. China pouring so much throw away trash into this country and Australia's are frittering their hard earned dollars on rubbish that turns into landfill. I want to see other countries from the third world given more opportunities to do trade with Australia.
@4XXZQTV4yrs4Y
How can you (not) support something that you are not allowed to know all the details of?
@B28SZVM2wks2W
Sharing relations with different countries is important, however we must encourage stricter humanitarian and animal rights standards
@9ZTPDVM2mos2MO
Yes, but any sanctions met by either party should be put under review of the WTO to prevent trade warfare.
@9T7DDX2 4mos4MO
Australia should become more self-sufficient and rely less upon trade with China to prop up our economy at the expense of Australian industries and workers.
@9T36YLT5mos5MO
I think that good in the short term but we should move our economic dependence away from foreign powers
@9SSST545mos5MO
Yes, but only if China stops taking aggressive action towards ADF assets in international waters and airspace
@9SHG6V65mos5MO
Yes but we should do more to lessen our dependence on China and to prevent outsourcing of Australian jobs
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