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Expanding Australia's trade and investment relationship with the countries of Central Europe

On Monday 15 September 2003, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade tabled its report on the Expanding Australia's trade and investment relationship with the countries of Central Europe.

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Expanding Australia's trade and investment relationship with the countries of Central Europe

Contents (PDF 171KB) Contents
Chapter 1 (PDF 21KB) Background to the Inquiry
Chapter 2 (PDF 98KB) Distant relations: Central Europe and Australia
Chapter 3 (PDF 78KB) Trade and investment environment in Central Europe
Chapter 4 (PDF 215KB) Trade and investment opportunities in Central Europe
Chapter 5 (PDF 187KB) Central Europe visit
Chapter 6 (PDF 57KB) Bringing the markets together
Appendix A (PDF 13KB) List of submissions
Appendix B (PDF 23KB) List of hearings and witnesses
Appendix C (PDF 33KB) List of Exhibits
Appendix D (PDF 33KB) Chronology of EU enlargement
Appendix E (PDF 80KB) Additional economic indicators
Appendix F (PDF 17KB) Central Europe meat tariffs and tariff quotas
Appendix G (PDF 20KB) Education institutional links with Central Europe
Appendix H (PDF 24KB) Visa information: students from Central Europe
Appendix I (PDF 21KB) EIU/Pyramid Research e-readiness rankings 2001
Appendix J (PDF 13KB) Central European trade and investment development agencies
Appendix K (PDF 18KB) KPMG's Corporate Tax rates Survey (selected countries)


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