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Australia Minister for Trade, Mr Simon Crean, 7 June 2009.
Photo: © Commonwealth of Australia
Bilateral Meeting with Indonesian Trade Minister Dr Mari Pangestu
The Australia Minister for Trade, Mr Simon Crean, met with the Indonesian Minister for Trade, Dr Mari Pangestu, on 7 June in Bali in advance of the Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting.
Ministers from the Cairns Group are meeting in Bali on 7-9 June to provide a political boost to concluding the world trade talks and discuss strategies for exerting the Group’s influence in support of agricultural trade reform.
The Group has also invited a number of Special Guests to allow a broader dialogue about how to bring the Doha Round agriculture negotiations to a successful conclusion, including the US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, the new Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and WTO Director General Pascal Lamy.
The meeting is being chaired by Mr Crean and hosted by Dr Mari Pangestu.