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Australia's engagement with the World Trade Organisation - A Report on the proceedings of the 2003 annual public hearing

On Monday 9 August 2004, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade tabled its report on the Australia's engagement with the World Trade Organisation - A Report on the proceedings of the 2003 annual public hearing.

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Australia's engagement with the World Trade Organisation - A Report on the proceedings of the 2003 annual public hearing

Preliminary pages Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations (PDF 54KB)
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF 24KB)
Chapter 2 The Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference at Cacun (PDF 53KB)
Chapter 3 WTO Reform (PDF 42KB)
Chapter 4 Other global trade issues affecting the WTO (PDF 35KB)
Appendix A List of witnesses (PDF 13KB)
Appendix B WTO activities 2004 (PDF 18KB)
Appendix C Current WTO members (PDF 75KB)
Appendix D Trade related developments assistance by the Australian government (PDF 24KB)
Appendix E Asia-Pacific free trade agreements (PDF 540KB)


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