Tag: trade

Herding unicorns: UK woos 60 Aussie tech companies

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
More than 60 Australian technology scaleups have arrived in the UK for London Tech Week, Europe’s largest technology event. The cohort are being supported by the UK government, which...

Govt tepid on calls for export, innovation pivot

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has downplayed calls for it to take a larger role in diversifying Australia’s exports, strengthen supply chain resilience, and lead research and industry collaboration, insisting its...

Let’s formalise a ‘Made in Australia’ Office

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian companies might be concerned about an increasingly protectionist United States and the spectre of a newly issued Made in America presidential executive order, but the Australian Government is...

Taskforce to scout for global tech companies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new taskforce led by former Property Council chief Peter Verwer has been launched to attract promising FinTech and advanced manufacturing firms to Australia, as the federal government seeks...

Indonesia’s new capital ‘like Silicon Valley’

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Indonesia’s planned new capital will be a technology hub based on Silicon Valley, says Indonesian President Joko Widodo. He says the new city will have world-class universities and hospitals...

US-China trade stoush hurts Aussie tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The tech sector has been hit by the trade tensions between the US and China with a sharp decline in VC flow, and this will have “harmful ramifications” for...

China’s new tech ban to bite in 2020

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
The Chinese Government has instructed its agencies and state-owned enterprises to stop using Western IT hardware and software by the end of 2022. The move is widely seen as...

David Walker on China and tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As China’s economic power grows, its cultural power will also grow, together with a desire to project that cultural power, according to long-time China watcher and the inaugural BHP...