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Report 130: Review into Treaty tabled on 14 August 2012

October 2012

© Commonwealth of Australia 2012

ISBN 978-0-642-79820-6 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-79821-3 (HTML version)

View the report as a single document - (PDF 342KB)


View the report as separate downloadable parts:

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Preliminary pages (PDF 87KB)
 
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF 71KB)

Purpose of the report
Conduct of the Committee’s review

 
Chapter 2 The Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement – National Interest Analysis (PDF 116KB)

Free Trade Agreements
Criticism of free trade agreements
Australia’s trade relationship with Malaysia
The Treaty
Reasons for Australia to take the proposed treaty action
Obligations
Costs

 
Chapter 3 The Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement: the issues (PDF 131KB)

Introduction
A tale of three treaties: overlapping treaty commitments
‘Certificate of Origin’ vs. ‘Declaration of Origin’
Environmental and labour standards
Employment outcomes in Australia

 
Chapter 4 Conclusion (PDF 109KB)

Negotiation trade–offs
Analysis of benefits
Final comments

 
Dissenting Report—Australian Greens (PDF 35KB)
 
Appendix A – Submissions (PDF 29KB)
 
Appendix B – Witnesses (PDF 29KB)

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