{"id":32212,"date":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/experts-reject-treasurer-s-free-trade-argument-2\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","slug":"experts-reject-treasurer-s-free-trade-argument-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/experts-reject-treasurer-s-free-trade-argument-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts reject treasurer\u2019s free trade argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Speaking with Leon Byner on FIVEAA, three insider experts have panned the Federal Government\u2019s argument that preferencing local industries breaches the country\u2019s free trade agreements.<\/h3>\n<p>As Arrium Steel went into voluntary administration last week, treasurer Scott Morrison said giving work to local industries would effectively \u201ctear up\u201d Australia\u2019s free trade agreements, but not everyone agrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion that the Federal Government can\u2019t give preference to local suppliers of goods because it breaches Australia\u2019s WTO obligations in my view is an absolute nonsense,\u201d federal member Tony Zappia said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WTO general agreement on trade and tariffs \u2013 the GAT agreement \u2013 actually exempts government procurement from the level playing field provisions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO TONY ZAPPIA, JOHN SPOEHR AND PAT RANALD HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/258375352&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/tom-koutsantonis-worries-about-arrium-knock-on\">TREASURER WORRIES ABOUT ARRIUM KNOCK ON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/hinkley-honeymoon-is-over-says-caroline-wilson\">HINKLEY HONEYMOON OVER, SAYS CARO WILSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking with Leon Byner on FIVEAA, three insider experts have panned the Federal Government\u2019s argument that preferencing local industries breaches the country\u2019s free trade agreements. 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