Speeches

2009

June

• Australia and Europe: Partners in Progress, 23 June, European Policy Centre, Brussels
• The Pacific Region: Realising the Potential, 10 June

May

• 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

April

• EFIC Global Readiness Index Launch, 20 April

March

• ANU Symposium on Multilateralising Regionalism, 24 March
• Tabling of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, 17 March
• Australia – Korea Free Trade Agreement, 10 March
• ABARE Outlook 2009: A Changing Climate for Agriculture, 4 March

February

• 2009 Conference on ‘Australia and Indonesia: Partners in a New Era’, 20 February
• Enhancing prosperity in the Pacific, 16 February
• Launch of PricewaterhouseCoopers Melbourne Institute AsiaLink Index, 13 February

2008

December

• Eulogy to my father Frank Crean in Parliament, 4 December

November

• The Trans Pacific Partnership, 26 November
• Australian Business Club, Peru, 18 November

October

• Launch of The Diplomat's 'Future Champions' 100, 23 October
• Building Prosperity through Trade: Helping Developing Countries Reap the Benefits, 15 October
• First Annual Australia-Korea Leadership Forum: Partnership For Prosperity, 14 October
• ANZCHAM and Philippines-Australia Business Council Breakfast meeting, 9 October
• Building the Australia-Malaysia relationship through trade, 7 October

September

• Speech to the Winemakers' Federation of Australia Board Dinner, 17 September
• 8^th Annual Tourism and Transport Forum Australia Leaders' Summit, 16 September
• CARE Australia 21^st Anniversary Dinner, 11 September
• Australian Meat Industry Council: 2008 Conference Opening, 9 September
• Speech at the GM Holden ‘Export to Korea' launch, 5 September

August

• World Trade Organization Doha Round of World Trade Talks, 26 August
• BCA Clean Energy Seminar, 12 August
• BCA Clean Energy lunch, 11 August
• BCA London 2012 Olympics Dinner, 10 August
• Speech to the BCA Financial Services Lunch, 10 August
• Speech at the BCA Australian Sports and Events Industry Dinner, 9 August
• Speech at the BCA Beijing 2008 VIP Opening Ceremony Function, 8 August
• Driving Trade Through Structural Reform, 4 August

June

• Ministerial Statement: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, 24 June
• Trade – Opening Doors in Asia, 24 June
• Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum, 16 June
• Future Challenges for the Multilateral Trading System, 4 June

May

• Ministerial Statement: Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreements, 27 May
• Opening of the 2008 South Australian and Australian Export Awards, 21 May
• Australia and India – Natural Partners, 20 May
• Ministerial Statement: World Intellectual Property Organisation: Nomination of New Director-General, 15 May
• Launch of ‘European Australian Business’, 2008 Edition, 5 May

April

• Australia-China: Opportunities and Challenges, 18 April
• Launch of Business Club Australia Beijing 2008 and Address to Austcham Beijing on ‘Australia-China: Opportunities and Challenges’, 16 April
• India and China: Australian engagement at multiple levels, 10 April
• Launch of Opportunities in Infrastructure and Resources Sectors in India report, 10 April
• Australia’s Role in Addressing the Future of the Multilateral Trading System, address at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU, 8 April

March

• Australia's Engagement with Latin America, address to The Australia Latin America Business Council ALABC, 12 March
• Trade Policy Briefing: Meeting the Challenges, address to the Australian Davos Connection,12 March
• Trade and Agriculture: Is Doha Dead?, address to the ABARE Outlook Conference Panel Session, 5 March

February

• Australia and the Multilateral Trade System – Seizing the Opportunities, address to The Lowy Institute, 28 February
• Ministerial Statement: Review of Export Policies and Programs, 21 February

January

• Australia-Japan Economic and Trade Relations, address to the Australia and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 23 January
• The Benefits of Freer Global Trade, address to the Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit, 17 January
• Address by the Minister for Trade to the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry,16 January

December

• The new Australian Government: Trade Policies and Priorities,10 December
• Trade Minister's Statement to the Trade Ministers' Dialogue on Climate Change Issues, 8-9 December
• Address by the Minister for Trade at a Reception for the Diplomatic Corps, 3 December
  

 

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