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...countries can reach a deal on a free trade agreement. For a host of reasons, mainly political, it's unlikely that the two teams of negotiators will be doing high-fives by the weekend. After a year of serious negotiations over the complicated chapters that comprise a FTA, and longer still if you consider the soft diplomacy involved, the momentum seems destined to stall. The obvious goodwill between leaders President Bush and Prime Minister John Howard will not be enough to overcome either the heavy-duty handiwork of America's farm and pharmaceutical lobbies or the time constraints on Congress...
...some ways it is fanciful to think Australia should be pursuing a FTA with the U.S. It's true that opening up access for Australia's exporters to the world's largest economy could bring, as Vaile is prone to remind voters, $A4 billion a year to the bottom line of the local economy. It's also true that allies Bush and Howard are free traders, and that the relationship between the two countries has rarely been better. Yet the enormous economic and political disparities between the two countries prompts questions about what kind of deal could benefit both...
...well, Australia's taxpayer-funded Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, under which the federal government buys prescription drugs in bulk to reduce their price for all residents, is being targeted by drug companies. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is looking for ways of challenging price-control schemes around the world, and the FTA negotiations with Australia are a convenient vehicle for this. Any significant change to Australian pharmaceutical costs - to consumers or taxpayers - would be a big problem for the government. In an election year, Howard and Vaile, who is leader-in-waiting of the rural-based National Party, can't afford...
Individual Statistics PlayerG FG-FGA PCT 3PT-FGAPCT FT-FTA PCT REB-AVG AST ST L PTS AVG Ralph James 12 74-165 .448 14-34 .41 2 52-75 .693 80-6.7 18 16 214 17.8 Ron Mitchell 12 60-124 .484 0-1 .0 00 55-80 .688 94-7.8 12 22175 14.6 Fred Schernecker 12 38-104 .365 24-62.387 12-18 .667 60-5.0 15 1 2 112 9.3 Tyler Rullman 14 45-98 .459 2-10 .20 0 21-27 .778 39-2.8 7 14 1 13 8.1 Mal Hollensteiner...
Player G FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-FGAPCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB. AST. P TS. AVG. Ralph James 7 35-89 .393 5-15 .33335-53 .660 50 13 110 15.7 Ron Mitchell 7 34-68 .500 0-0 .000 19-31 .613 48 6 87 12.4 Fred Shernecker 7 22-63 .349 14-40 .350 8-12 .666 35 8 66 9.4 Tyler Rullman 7 21-37 .568 0-5 .0006-10 .600 18 3 48 6.9 Scott Gilly 7 18-46 .391 5-14 .3574-4 1.000 27 13 45 6.4 Peter Condakes...