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The Federal Government has ordered a Productivity Commission review of Australia’s bilateral and regional trade agreements, which will measure our trade and investment performance and identify any barriers. While the Rudd government supports multilateral deals such as the Doha Round, Australia’s focus on bilateral and regional trade and investment has resulted in six Free Trade [...]
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Conclusion of the Doha Round of trade negotiations was a hot topic at this week’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the first full Ministerial meeting in four years. Minister for Trade Simon Crean said he was keen to see the Doha Round progress in 2010 and marked the conference as a [...]
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Ian Murray mixes with some of export’s elite and comes back from sharing visions of 2020 with a positive outlook for trade in the future.
...read moreMinister for Trade Simon Crean last week met with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk in Washington DC for their annual Australia-United States Ministerial Trade Talks (AUSMINTT). It was the first time Australia has had talks with a representative from the Obama administration. Both Crean and Kirk agreed that Australia and the US could [...]
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A number of US business groups have urged their government to drop environmental negotiations for the next Doha Round of trade negotiations, expressing frustrations that the talks have taken so long to resolve. The groups believe that discussions over environmental goods and services is slowing the process for other trade initiatives. “We don’t think that [...]
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A bilateral meeting between Australian and Singaporean ministers has reaffirmed both countries’ commitment to fight protectionism and conclude the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Round of negotiations soon. A statement following the meeting read: “The Ministers reaffirmed their determination to reject all forms of protectionism and to commit to take the necessary steps to keep the [...]
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy has come out in support of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) fight against trade protectionism. In Singapore to meet the APEC ministers this week, Lamy said governments should have political resolve to combat protectionism. “We have seen an increase in restrictive trade measures since the onset of the [...]
...read moreCountries of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have announce they will fight protectionist measures and commit to completing the Doha round of trade negotiations in 2010, following their meeting in Singapore yesterday. Some criticised the USA for its ‘Buy American’ campaign, which Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai said would adversely affect exports from the 21-member [...]
...read moreMinister for Trade Simon Crean will visit Singapore and Vietnam this week for a series of high-level meetings that will address regional issues and Australia’s trade and economic interests. In Singapore, Mr Crean will attend the APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade, which he says will boost political energy going into the next Doha [...]
...read moreTrade protectionism and Doha Round negotiations were priority topics on the first day of G8 talks, which began in Italy yesterday. G8 leaders rejected protectionism and called for the Doha Round of trade liberalisation to resume. In a joint statement, the G8 countries and the European Union said: “We reconfirm our commitment to keep markets [...]
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