Giovanni Di Lieto lectures International Trade Law in the Bachelor of International Business program at Monash University. He has received a PhD in law from the University of Otago (NZ) with a dissertation on the global governance of economic migration within the international trade framework. Previously he was a legal practitioner in Italy and a compliance specialist in the import-export sector in the US and China. He is currently a board member of Nomit Inc., a Melbourne-based non-profit organisation promoting Italian contemporary culture in Australia. His book, Migrant Labour Law: Unfolding Justice at Work in Free Markets, will be published by The Federation Press in August 2016.
Push for a Commonwealth trading bloc further politicises free trade
Jan 27, 2017 02:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
A UK-based lobby group has come up with an idea that has been endorsed by Australian and British politicians alike - a Commonwealth trading bloc. The Free Enterprise Group (FEG) made its case in its Reconnecting with...
Brexit, Trump and the TPP mean Australia should pursue more bilateral trade agreements
Jan 17, 2017 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Brexit, Trumps protectionist agenda and the debacle of getting everyone to ratify the unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are all a global trend towards bilateral trade agreements. This is good news for Australia....
Migrants are sacrificing their working rights because of greedy governments
Sep 20, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
Governments want all the benefits of the free movement of goods, capital, services, ideas and labour, but tend to neglect the rights of workers. This imbalance may mean countries lose the benefits of globalised labour...
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