Strategic Trade and Techo-Industrial Governance     

Articles, chapters, and reports 

Toohey, L. Wagner, M. Thurbon, E. Sheargold, E. and Mackey, L. (2022). Weaponised Trade: Mapping the Issues for Australia. Report Prepared for the Commonwealth Government Department of Defence. (link) 

Thurbon E. and Lee, K. (2022) ‘A New Agenda for Australia-Korea Cooperation: Building a Development-Friendly Trade and Investment Regime’. The Asia Society, supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 23 February. (link) 

Thurbon, E., & Weiss, L. (2021). Economic statecraft at the frontier: Korea’s drive for intelligent robotics. Review of International Political Economy, 28(1), 103-127. doi:10.1080/09692290.2019.1655084 (link) 

Thurbon, E.  (2017). Next Generation Trade Deals: Opportunities and Risks for Victoria.   Report prepared for the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Government of Victoria, Australia.  

Thurbon, E. C. (2016). Trade Agreements and the Myth of Policy Constraint in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science. 54(4), 636-651. doi:10.1080/10361146.2016.1239569 (link) 

Thurbon, E. (2015). 10 years after the Australia-US free trade agreement: where to for Australia’s trade policy?. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 69(5), 463-467. doi:10.1080/10357718.2015.1048784 (link) 

Thurbon, E. C. (2013). Globalization and Industrial Governance: A View from Australia. In C. Tazreiter, & S. Y. Tham (Eds.), Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific (pp. 78-93). Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137298386 (link) 

Weiss, L., Thurbon, E. C., & Mathews, J. (2006). Free trade in mad cows: how to kill a beef industry. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 60(3), 376-399. (link) 

Weiss, L., Thurbon, E. C., & Mathews, J. (2007). National Insecurity. St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin. (link) 

Thurbon, E. C., & Weiss, L. (2006). From Player to Pawn: Howard’s Trade Legacy. Australian Journal of Public Affairs, February, Web. (link) 

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, (2004) How to Kill a Country, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW (link) 

Weiss, L., & Thurbon, E. C. (2004). Where there’s a will there’s a way: Governing the market in times of uncertainty. Issues and Studies, 40 (1), 61-72 (link) 

Research-based media contributions 

Thurbon, E. (2017) The Future of the TPP. Sunday Roundtable with Tom Switzer and Greg Sheridan, Radio National. 27 January. 

Thurbon, E. (2017) ‘There’s No Point in Australia’s Push to Ratify the TPP’.The Conversation. 25 January. 

Thurbon, E., and Weiss, L. (2017) Why Trump is Right, and Wrong, about Killing off the TPP. The Conversation. 23 November. 

Thurbon, E. (2017) Australian must leapfrog the partisan divide for the future of freer trade and prosperity. East Asia Forum.  29 July. 

Thurbon, E. (2016) The Growing Partisan Divide on Trade. Australian Outlook. 19 December. 

Thurbon, E (2015) Five things you need to know about the TPP. The Conversation (with Tim Harcourt, Jeffrey Wilson and Belinda Townsend) 6 October.  

Thurbon, E. (2015) ‘How Australia’s Trade Policy Approach is Harming Australian Firms’ Democracy Renewal, 8 December.