Australia and APEC: A Review of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

21 July 2000

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Membership of the Committee	(PDF 54KB)
Secretariat

Terms of reference	(PDF 73KB)

Abbreviations and acronyms	(PDF 46KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 42KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 41KB)
Establishment of the inquiry Conduct of the inquiry Scope of the inquiry Asian economic crisis Acknowledgements

Chapter 2 - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: from idea to 2020 vision	(PDF 313KB)
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

Chapter 3 - Structure and membership of APEC	(PDF 183KB)
Introduction Leaders’ meetings Ministerial meetings Senior Officials’ meetings Committees Working groups APEC secretariat APEC Business Advisory Council Eminent Persons Group Membership of APEC

Chapter 4 - Trade and investment liberalisation	(PDF 330KB)
Progress and implementation of Action Plans Tariffs Non-tariff barriers Services Investment Subsidies Summary Open regionalism

Chapter 5 - Trade liberalisation—the winners and losers	(PDF 140KB)
Making APEC work for the community: opening up debate APEC parellel peoples fora Conclusion

Chapter 6 - Trade and investment facilitation—the costs of doing business	(PDF 254KB)
Trade facilitation—second pillar of APEC’s agenda The successes—small but significant steps The difficult sectors—marking time Expanding opportunities

Chapter 7 - Trade and investment facilitation—challenges ahead for Australia and APEC	(PDF 159KB)
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

Chapter 8 - Development cooperation: side track or central to APEC’s future?	(PDF 213KB)
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

Chapter 9 - Subregional groupings—stepping stones or stumbing blocks?	(PDF 354KB)
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

Chapter 10 - Australia and APEC	(PDF 158KB)
Australia—not an isolated island PBEC and PECC—the second track Recommendations Public education

Appendix 1 - Submissions	(PDF 43KB)

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings	(PDF 87KB)

Appendix 3 - APEC non-binding investment principles, Jakarta, November 1994	(PDF 52KB)

Appendix 4 - Trade facilitation issues	(PDF 43KB)

Appendix 5 - Annex A: APEC trade facilitation achievements	(PDF 50KB)

Appendix 6 - The Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum, and The Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation	(PDF 36KB)

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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

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3538
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5818
Email:	fadt.sen@aph.gov.au