Greg Earl
Biography
Publications
Greg Earl was the deputy editor, opinion editor, national affairs editor and Asia Pacific editor of The Australian Financial Review. He spent more than a decade as reporter based in Jakarta, Tokyo and New York. He is a member of the Australia ASEAN Council board and the ANU Indonesia Project advisory board. He is researching a book about Australia and Asia.
![Economic diplomacy: A new year of trade rows & development strife](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1004839340.jpg?itok=fukzLDCB)
Economic diplomacy: A new year of trade rows & development strife
It’s back ... more debate over TPP membership, plus a hint why Kim quit, and the AIIB goes green.
![Economic diplomacy: how the world changed in 2018](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/24818766197_d9e734c683_k.jpg?itok=2ewj0xvx)
Economic diplomacy: how the world changed in 2018
The much-forecast arrival of geo-economics has seen an acceptance – and even a desire – for US-China tech competition.
![Economic diplomacy: Mahathir, BRI and Payne](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/marise-payne.jpg?itok=J1PBLJuO)
Economic diplomacy: Mahathir, BRI and Payne
Australia's economic diplomacy agenda, the underestimated ASEAN Economic Community, and the indefinable Mahathir.
![Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, RCEP and PNG aid](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-106778791.jpg?itok=q1IFw9YW)
Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, RCEP and PNG aid
Party games over the value of FTAs, finding the cash for commitments, and better investments than luxury cars at APEC.
![Economic diplomacy: doing business with China, Donald’s soulmate](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/14834605432_a1d5a69919_o.jpg?itok=gmUhVW0h)
Economic diplomacy: doing business with China, Donald’s soulmate
The careful form of words to prevent the takeover of energy infrastructure at home without appearing anti-Chinese.
![Economic diplomacy: Japan + China, BRI push back](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1012910630.jpg?itok=Xv7ZM_Oz)
Economic diplomacy: Japan + China, BRI push back
Watching Shinzo Abe try a high wire act with China’s Xi Jinping, and what tourism tells us about Asia’s economic ties.
![Vietnam’s quandary: red or green?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-943272790%20%281%29.jpg?itok=yi7GJb8M)
Vietnam’s quandary: red or green?
Vietnam is caught between Chinese rocks and a climate change hard place – and looks to partners like Australia for help.
![Economic diplomacy: Australia abroad, China’s cash](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1035380162-min.jpg?itok=ztv7g5rk)
Economic diplomacy: Australia abroad, China’s cash
Australia has a new way to count Chinese foreign investment, underlining how this has become a vexed policy issue.
![Economic diplomacy: Indonesia, climate and Abe](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/shinzo-abe2.jpg?itok=O8USiuEi)
Economic diplomacy: Indonesia, climate and Abe
Will Shinzo Abe be seen as a genuinely historic Japanese leader?