Minister for Trade Mr Mark Vaile (right) with then United States Trade Representative Mr Robert Portman at the inaugural Australia– United States Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee in Washington DC, in March 2006. |
Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Alexander Downer speaks at a press conference concluding the inaugural ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, held in Sydney in January 2006. Also pictured (from left to right) are: Japan’s Minister for the Environment Ms Yuriko Koike, US Secretary of Energy Mr Samuel Bodman and South Korea’s then Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Mr Lee Hee-beom. Photo: AUSPIC/ Howard Moffat |