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Australia and Free Trade Agreements

Thursday 1st November, 1.30 - 5 pm,
Friday 2nd November, 9am - 12.30 pm

Law Link Lecture Theatre
Fellows Road, ANU

Over the past decade, the number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region has mushroomed, with more than 80 currently being implemented, negotiated or under study. Australia has become an increasingly enthusiastic participant in this process with agreements having been concluded with Singapore, Thailand, and the United States, and others under negotiation or consideration with China, Chile, the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and ASEAN (jointly with New Zealand).

What has driven this proliferation of PTAs? How effective are they as instruments of Australian foreign policy? What are the likely economic and political impacts of these agreements? What are the obstacles to Australia's reaching agreements with China and Japan? These are some of the principal questions that this workshop will explore.

(Free) registration is required. Please use this form.

Symposium Program

Thursday, 1 November

1.30-2.15 pm
Speaker: Ric Wells
Head China Free Trade Agreement Task Force, and Acting Head Japan Free Trade Agreement Task Force, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 		Keynote Address: 'Australia's FTA Agenda'
2.15-3.00 pm
Speaker: John Ravenhill
International Relations, RSPAS, ANU

Discussant: Don Kenyon
National Europe Centre, ANU 		The Move to Preferential Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region: Some Initial Conclusions
3.00-3.30 pm Coffee Break
3.30-4.15 pm
Speaker: Philippa Dee
Crawford School, ANU

Discussant: Malcolm Bosworth
Crawford School, ANU 		The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements
4.15-5.00 pm
Speaker: Jane Drake-Brockman
CEO, Australian Services Roundtable

Discussant: Bill Scott
DCIT 		Handling Services Trade and Investment in PTAs

Friday, 2 November

9.00-9.45 am
Speaker: Yang Jiang
International Relations, ANU

Discussant: Hao Fang
Embassy, PRC 		Australia-China FTA: China's Domestic Politics and the Roots of Different National Approaches to FTAs
9.45-10.30 pm
Speaker: Aurelia George Mulgan
ADFA, University of New South Wales

Discussant: Fukunari Kimura
Keio University 		Japan's FTA Politics and the Problem of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation
10.30-11.00 am Coffee Break
11.00-11.45 am
Speakers: Thomas Faunce and Kathy Shats
Globalisation and Health Project, ANU

Discussant: TBC 		Preferential Trade Agreements and National Medicines Policies: A Comparison of the AUS-FTA, KORUS-FTA and Negotiations for the CHINA-AUSFTA
11.45-12.30 pm
Speaker: Ann Capling
University of Melbourne

Discussant: Stuart Harris
International Relations, RSPAS, ANU 		Australia's Trade Policy Dilemmas
Print version of Program

Papers available from the website are drafts. They must not be cited or quoted without the permission of the authors

This project is convened by Professor John Ravenhill in the Department of International Relations: john.ravenhill@anu.edu.au.
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