Australia-China Services Trade: Opportunities and Challenges of a Free Trade Agreement
On 24 April 2006 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce sponsored a services conference in Beijing called 'Australia-China Services Trade: Opportunities and Challenges of a Free Trade Agreement'.
The conference focused on four sectors - financial; education; transport and logistics; and construction, engineering and architectural services. Australian and Chinese speakers presented in each sector, copies of Australian presentations are attached, and Chinese papers will follow in due course.
Speeches
- Mr Michael Cripps, Group General Counsel, Insurance Australia Group
- The Hon Warwick Smith, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank
- Mr Dick Kell, Director, Cardno International Pty Ltd
- Mr John Richardson, Executive Managing Director, Cox Richardson Architects and Planners
- Mr Allard Nooy, Director China, Leighton Asia (Northern) Ltd
- Professor Stephanie Fahey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), Monash University
- Mr Antoine Barnaart, Australian Team Leader, Australia-China (Chongqing) Vocational Education and Training Project
- Mr Ivan Backman, Chairman, Australian Logistics Council
- Mr Michael Byrne, President Asia Pacific Retail, Linfox