Vic Belt and Roads This deserves a thread

[Todman]

Belted and railroaded: Victoria's trade deal with China is a dud

The premier has hung an albatross around his neck, and the necks of any future Victorian governments.

www.crikey.com.au

The premier has hung an albatross around his neck, and the necks of any future Victorian governments.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

"Premier Daniel Andrews and Chinese Ambassador Cheng Jingye today finalised a Memorandum of Understanding between Victoria and China on the initiative – making Victoria the first and only Australian state to reach an agreement on the Belt and Road Initiative with the Chinese government."

MoU is NOT a Contract

It isn't binding on either party

 

[Gough]

Same crowd that called racism on any criticism of the FTA with China are suddenly sounding very woke about human rights.

 

[Reynolds Number]

Same crowd that called racism on any criticism of the FTA with China are suddenly sounding very woke about human rights.

I'd rather all state governments stay away from the BRI debt trap anyway.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Belted and railroaded: Victoria's trade deal with China is a dud

The premier has hung an albatross around his neck, and the necks of any future Victorian governments.

www.crikey.com.au

The premier has hung an albatross around his neck, and the necks of any future Victorian governments.

Paywall

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Australia's Liberal Government has signed a confidential memorandum of understanding with China (Victoria's isn't confidential) but for some reason they're not getting communist insults hurled at them. Right wing media and their dopey audience want to s**t on Labor but really don't care about the prospective contracts let alone have an ability to explain what they don't like about them. I assume it's not human rights related as the party they vote for jettisoned that quite a while ago.

 

[Caesar]

Australia's Liberal Government has signed a confidential memorandum of understanding with China (Victoria's isn't confidential) but for some reason they're not getting communist insults hurled at them.

The federal agreement remains confidential because it's a convention of international relations not to release an agreement without the consent of both parties, and China hasn't consented.

The speculation is that the deal inked with the Federal government is not very favourable to China, and they don't want it released in case other countries demand similar concessions.

That would also explain why China is so keen on doing an end-run around the agreement by negotiating directly with states like Victoria.

 

[Pessimistic]

Can’t have a Labor figure being popular can we?

how long will the forces keep the anti dan campaign?

 

[Pessimistic]

The federal agreement remains confidential because it's a convention of international relations not to release an agreement without the consent of both parties, and China hasn't consented.

The speculation is that the deal inked with the Federal government is not very favourable to China, and they don't want it released in case other countries demand similar concessions.

That would also explain why China is so keen on doing an end-run around the agreement by negotiating directly with states like Victoria.

‘confidentiality allows both parties to say that nudge nudge wink wink

 

[Caesar]

‘confidentiality allows both parties to say that nudge nudge wink wink

The Australian government has said openly that China are the ones blocking the release, and Beijing hasn’t denied it.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Best not to get involved with China. Don't think you can "manage the relationship", it will turn sour and abusive. This is what they do, it is their nature.