Australia has been reducing/removing tariffs since the Hawke/Keating years whilst much of the world has maintained their's.
Agreement to PLAYING on a "level" playing field [GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)] through non-subsidised farming, manufacturing, etc is Australia PLAYING with itself.
Innovative start-ups like Ceramic Fuel Cells find it a real struggle to get up an going unless they move overseas with their patents.
And the jingoistic pollies tell us we are the clever country - only when they want our vote.
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