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Papers delivered at the China Australia FTA Conference

Sydney, 12 and 13 August 2004

Keynote Address
* The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Australia and China's Shared Interests - Security and Strategic Dimensions
(Text on the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs site)

Strategic Setting: Common Future
* Dr Ashton Calvert AC, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Opening Speech

Australia China Economic Directions
* Dr Ken Henry, Secretary, Commonwealth Treasury
Australia China Economic Directions – Long Term Trends in the Australian Economy
* Hongbin Qu, China Economist, HSBC Hong Kong (Sponsored by HSBC)
China: Investment overheating and its implications
* Alan Oxley, Chairman, Australian APEC Study Centre
Good FTAs should be like share prices – anticipate future developments: Trends in trade and investment between China and Australia

Trade Policy Issues
* Professor Yu Yongding, Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
China’s Trade Policy
* Graeme Thomson, Former Australian negotiator with China over WTO accession
Trade Policy Issues

Political Dimensions
* Dr Alan Dupont, Senior Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney
The Political and Strategic Implications of a Free Trade Agreement with China

Agriculture
* Peter Gallagher, Inquit
Agriculture in an Australia-China FTA
* Vivek Tulpulé, Deputy Executive Director, ABARE
Trends in Chinese Agriculture

Market Entry Strategies into China
* Larry Ma, Associate Director and Team Leader, PriceWaterhouseCoopers China’s Transaction Services Group, Beijing
Market Entry Strategies into China for Australian Companies
* Brian Pilbeam, President, Telstra Asia
Telecommunications- China's Links in a Global World

Manufacturing
* Heather Ridout, CEO, Australian Industry Group
Impacts on Australia’s Manufacturing Industry

Financial Systems
* Gary Turner, Executive General Manager, International Finance Services, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Financial Services role in an FTA

Anti Dumping – Market Economy Status
* Andrew Stoler, Executive Director, IIBE & L, University of Adelaide
Market Economy Status for China: Implications for Antidumping Protection in Australia

Foreign Investment
*John Edwards, HSBC Bank Australia
Direct investment in an Australia China FTA: How much does it matter?
* Alex Erskine, Director, Erskinomics Consulting Pty Ltd
The rise in China’s FDI: myths and realities