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21 July 2000
© Commonwealth of Australia 2000 ISBN 0 642 71054 6
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Establishment of the inquiry Conduct of the inquiry Scope of the inquiry Asian economic crisis Acknowledgements
The concept of Asia Pacific cooperation Canberra, 1989—APEC is born 1990—Reaffirmation of APEC’s general principles and objectives 1991—APEC: ‘an international personality’ 1992—in search of a vision 1993—the Leaders’ Summit and political horsepower 1994—the 2020 Vision: the Bogor Declaration 1995—drawing up the template: the Osaka Agenda 1996—the Manila Action Plan: APEC means business 1997—Vancouver: attempts to achieve Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalisation (EVSL) 1998—year of opportunity postponed 1999—addressing practicalities
Introduction Leaders’ meetings Ministerial meetings Senior Officials’ meetings Committees Working groups APEC secretariat APEC Business Advisory Council Eminent Persons Group Membership of APEC
Progress and implementation of Action Plans Tariffs Non-tariff barriers Services Investment Subsidies Summary Open regionalism
Making APEC work for the community: opening up debate APEC parellel peoples fora Conclusion
Trade facilitation—second pillar of APEC’s agenda The successes—small but significant steps The difficult sectors—marking time Expanding opportunities
Introduction Recommendation Trade and investment facilitation—a partnership between government and business Australia’s role in trade facilitation Trade facilitation—building a sense of community Recommendation
Introduction Why Ecotech is not aid Development cooperation: future directions for APEC Distilling the agendas: development cooperation under APEC The evolution of Ecotech ‘Designed to Deal with Diversity’: APEC after Subic Building private/public sector partnerships through Ecotech Australia’s foreign policy approaches to development cooperation under APEC Conclusion Recommendation
Overview of regional trading groups Regional trading groups—stumbling blocks? APEC—part of the global trading system Subregional groupings within APEC SRTA linkages Recommendation Conclusion
Australia—not an isolated island PBEC and PECC—the second track Recommendations Public education
Committee Secretary Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Australia Phone: +61 2 6277 3538 Fax: +61 2 6277 5818 Email: fadt.sen@aph.gov.au
Committee Secretary Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Australia
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