Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Debate in the United States is also currently focused on the trade adjustment assistance package to support workers who lose out from trade agreements. The model you released yesterday said your three partnership agreements will cause manufacturing output in Australia to decline by around $4 billion. This would include declines in Australian manufacturing of metal products, transport equipment, electronic equipment and machinery. When you pass ChAFTA with the help of Labor, will you institute a structural adjustment package to support thousands of Labor's manufacturing workers who will lose their jobs as a result of this agreement? (Time expired)