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Media releases
- Australia Records Trade Deficit in May as Global Recession Hits Home, 2 July
- New Ministerial Dialogue with Japan, 26 June
- New tax information protocol with Belgium, 25 June, with Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer.
- Australia increases support for trade in developing countries, 22 June, with the Hon Bob McMullan MP, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance.
- Visit to Europe to Strengthen Ties with the EU and Advance the Doha Round, 20 June
Transcripts
- Press Conference: Mr Simon Crean and Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, 25 June. Topics: OECD meeting, G20 leaders meeting, Doha round.
- Interview: Q & A session following European Policy Centre breakfast, 23 June, Brussels. Topics: Doha round, climate change.
- Joint Media Conference with European Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton, 23 June, following the 5th Australia-European Commission Trade Policy Dialogue, Brussels - Topics: Australia-European Union relations, advancing the Doha Round, Australia-China FTA talks.
- Interview: Radio Australia, Pacific Beat with Jemima Garrett, 18 June. Topics: PACER Plus negotiations, Pacific Island Forum leaders' meeting.
- Media conference following the completion of the Forum Trade Ministers' Meeting, Apia, Samoa, 17 June. Subjects: Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting; Special Safeguard Mechanism; Export Subsidies; Doha Round; G20; Australia-Indonesia FTA; Beef Exports.
Speeches
- Australia and Europe: Partners in Progress, 23 June, European Policy Centre, Brussels
- The Pacific Region: Realising the Potential, 10 June
- To the Italian Chamber of Commerce, Adelaide, 29 May
- China: The Place to Be, Shanghai, China, 7 May
- Australian Urban Planning and Design Seminar and Opening of Out from Under Exhibition, Kunming, China, 5 May
- Driving APEC Harder - Opening of the RMIT University APEC Study Centre, 1 May
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