Report 142: Treaty tabled on 13 May 2014
On Thursday, 4 September 2014, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties tabled Report 142: Treaty tabled on 13 May 2014.
© Commonwealth of Australia 2014
ISBN 978-1-74366-207-6 (Printed version)
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Preliminary pages
Foreword, Membership of the Committee, Resolution of Appointment, List of abbreviations, List of Recommendations
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Purpose of the report, Conduct of the Committee's review
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Chapter 2: Overview and Analysis
Trade agreements, Benefits of free trade agreements, Criticism of free trade agreements, Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Background, Overview and national interest summary, Reasons for Australia to take the proposed treaty action, Obligations, Implementation, Costs
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Chapter 3: Benefits and implementation timeframe
Benefits, Implementation timeframe
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Chapter 4: Issues
Investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms, Intellectual property rights, Certificates of origin, Economic modelling, Manufacturing industry, Movement of Natural Persons, Labour and environment chapters, Utilisation of FTAs, Treaty making process, Consultation, Reforms to process, Monitoring of FTAs
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Chapter 5: Conclusion
Investor-state dispute settlements, Intellectual property rights, Certificates of origin, Economic modelling, Utilisation of FTAs, Treaty making process, Monitoring, Implementation |
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Dissenting Report
The Hon Kelvin Thomson MP and The Hon Melissa Parke MP |
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Dissenting Report
Australian Greens |
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Appendix A: Submissions
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Appendix B: Exhibits
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| Appendix C: Witnesses |
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