Lowy Institute and Tasman Transparency Group Conference

The Lowy Institute hosted a conference with the Tasman Transparency Group on the 4th July, 2007 in Sydney.

The conference brought together an impressive array of speakers, including the Australian Trade Minister, the Hon Warren Truss, the New Zealand shadow Trade Minister and former WTO negotiator for New Zealand, Tim Groser, and leading policy analysts from the United States, Indonesia, and Australia.
Key speakers included

• Gary Banks
• Chatib Basri
• Ross Garnaut
• Dan Ikenson
• David Orden
• Andrew Stoeckel

Copies of the papers presented at the conference are available for download
Conference Agenda - PDF (14KB)

Papers
Tim Groser, New Zealand National Party Trade Spokesperson
Enhancing transparency in the multilateral trading system - PDF (55KB)

Antoine Bouet, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington
Making the Doha round work for all: the current state of play in multilateral trade negotiations - PDF (1MB)

Andrew Stoeckel, Executive Director, Centre for International Economics
Services trade: the need for better transparency - PDF (171KB)

David Parker, Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, Australian Treasury
The Importance Of Open World Markets For Australia’s Development And Prosperity - PDF (42KB)

Iain Sandford, Deputy Director, International Trade Group, Minter Ellison Lawyers
The importance of transparency in WTO Dispute Settlement - PDF (104KB)

John S. Wilson, Lead Economist, Development Research Group—Trade, The World Bank
Transparency and Trade Facilitation in the Asia Pacific: Estimating the Gains from Reform - PDF (299KB)

Daniel Ikenson, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute, Washington
Is Trade liberalization a product of domestic or international processes? Lessons from Doha. - PDF (63KB)

Gary Banks, Chairman, Productivity Commission and Bill Carmichael, former Chairman of the Industries Assistance Commission
Domestic transparency in Australia's economic and trade reforms: the role of 'the Commission'. - PDF (109KB)


Presentations
Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia
Domestic transparency mechanisms in developing countries - PPT (31KB)

Chatib Basri, Director of the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia
Keeping trade policy open: the case of Indonesia - PPT (900KB)