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Report 130: Review into Treaty tabled on 14 August 2012

October 2012

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Preliminary pages	(PDF 87KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 71KB)
Purpose of the report Conduct of the Committee’s review

Chapter 2 The Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement – National Interest Analysis	(PDF 116KB)
Free Trade Agreements Criticism of free trade agreements Australia’s trade relationship with Malaysia The Treaty Reasons for Australia to take the proposed treaty action Obligations Costs

Chapter 3 The Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement: the issues	(PDF 131KB)
Introduction A tale of three treaties: overlapping treaty commitments ‘Certificate of Origin’ vs. ‘Declaration of Origin’ Environmental and labour standards Employment outcomes in Australia

Chapter 4 Conclusion	(PDF 109KB)
Negotiation trade–offs Analysis of benefits Final comments

Dissenting Report—Australian Greens	(PDF 35KB)

Appendix A – Submissions	(PDF 29KB)

Appendix B – Witnesses	(PDF 29KB)