Australia-China Free Trade Agreement
Negotiations
Overview
On 18 April 2005, Australia and China agreed to commence negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) following consideration of the joint FTA Feasibility Study. The study was completed in March 2005, and concluded that there would be significant economic benefits for both Australia and China through the negotiation of an FTA.
Updates
- Update: Eleventh round of negotiations, 27 June, 2008
- Update: Tenth round of negotiations, 1 November 2007
- Update: Ninth round of negotiations, 29 June 2007
- Update: Eighth round of negotiations, 12 April 2007
- Update: Seventh round of negotiations, 20 December 2006
- Update: Sixth round of negotiations, 14 September 2006
- Update: Fifth round of negotiations, May 2006
- Update: Fourth round of negotiations, 3 March 2006
- Update: Third round of negotiations, 11 November 2005
- Update: Second round of negotiations, 1 September 2005
- Update: First round of negotiations, 26 May 2005
Register for updates on the progress of the FTA negotiations. e-mail: chinafta@dfat.gov.au
Feasibility Study
- Download the entire Feasibility Study (PDF, 1.4MB)
Submissions
The China FTA Taskforce needs information from Australian industry on the specific barriers they face in the Chinese market. The public submission process is a key means to collecting such information.
Submissions need not be lengthy - a short e-mail outlining details of barriers companies face in China would suffice.
The China FTA Task Force will continue to accept submissions during the negotiations. All submissions will be made publicly available on the DFAT website unless the author specifies otherwise.
Submissions or comments may be lodged electronically to chinafta@dfat.gov.au or by post at the following address:
China FTA Task Force
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
RG Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221
Additional Information
- Fact Sheet - State/Territory trade with China (pdf, 650 KB)
- Information about China and its economy
- Modelling the Potential Benefits of an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (pdf, 572 KB)
- Modelling the Potential Benefits of an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement: Impact on Australian States and Territories (pdf, 128 KB)
- Memorandum of Understanding (pdf) between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China on the recognition of China's full market economy status and the commencement of negotiation of a free trade agreement between Australia and the People's Republic of China
- Australia-China FTA Agriculture Conference in Xi’an, 27 September 2006
- Australia-China FTA Conference in Shenzhen, 28-29 June 2006
- Services conference: Australia-China Services Trade: Opportunities and Challenges of a Free Trade Agreement, Beijing 24 April 2006
Doing Business in China
For more information on doing business in China and about specific export opportunities, go to the Austrade website. As well as country-specific information, the Austrade website also has a database that can be searched by industry.
Contact Us
For further information, please contact DFAT's China FTA Task Force:
Email: chinafta@dfat.gov.au
Fax: (+61 2) 6261 2187
China FTA Task Force,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
R. G. Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent,
BARTON ACT 0221
For media enquiries, please call DFAT Media Liaison Section (+61 2) 6261 1555.