Australia, the European Union and the New Trade Agenda

298 Pages·2017·3.22 MB·English

by  Annmarie Elijah

AUSTRALIA, THE
EUROPEAN UNION AND
THE NEW TRADE AGENDA

AUSTRALIA, THE
EUROPEAN UNION AND
THE NEW TRADE AGENDA
Edited by Annmarie Elijah, Donald Kenyon,
Karen Hussey and Pierre van der Eng
Published by ANU Press
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Title: Australia, the European Union and the new trade agenda /
Annmarie Elijah, Donald Kenyon, Karen
Hussey, and Pierre van der Eng,
editors.
ISBN: 9781760461133 (paperback) 9781760461140 (ebook)
Series: Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
Subjects: International economic relations.
Australia--Commercial treaties.
Europe--Commercial treaties.
Australia--Foreign economic relations--Europe.
Europe--Foreign economic relations--Australia.
Other Creators/Contributors:
Elijah, Annmarie, editor.
Kenyon, Donald, 1936- editor.
Hussey, Karen, editor.
van der Eng, Pierre, editor.
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Contents
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
1 . Introduction: Australia, the European Union and the
New Trade Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Annmarie Elijah, Donald Kenyon, Karen Hussey and Pierre van der Eng
Section 1
2 . Korea–EU FTA: Breaking New Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Yoo-Duk Kang
3 . Understanding the EU–Singapore Free Trade Agreement . . . . . . 35
Deborah Elms
4 . Is the CETA a Road Map for Australia and the EU? . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Annmarie Elijah
Section 2
5 . The Changed Architecture of the EU’s Agricultural Policy Over
Four Decades: Trade Policy Implications for Australia . . . . . . . . . 77
Alan Swinbank and Carsten Daugbjerg
6 . Agriculture in the Australia–EU economic
and trade relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Karen Hussey and Carl Tidemann
7 . Geographical Indications: An Assessment
of EU Treaty Demands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Hazel Moir
8 . Gains for Trade in Services in an EU–Australia Free
Trade Agreement: A European Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pascal Kerneis
9 . ‘Mutual Evaluation’: A New Policy Tool for Dealing with
‘Behind the Borders’ Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Anne McNaughton and Jacqueline Lo
Section 3
10 . Bringing Australia and the EU Closer: Is an FTA a Solution? . . . 185
Paul Gretton
11 . EU and Australia: Europe’s Challenges and Policy Options
for Future Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Roderick Abbott and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
12 . An FTA with the EU: What Could Be Gained? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Bruce Gosper
Conclusions
13 . Australia and the EU: Partners in the New Trade Agenda . . . . . 257
Don Kenyon and Pierre van der Eng
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Acknowledgements
The editors gratefully acknowledge that this project was funded from
the research project ‘Australia and the European Union: A study of
a changing trade and business relationship’, (LP0990000) supported
by the Australian Research Council, as well as the European Australian
Business Council, the European Commission, the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
and the Department of Industry and Innovation.
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Abbreviations
AANZFTA ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free
Trade Agreement
ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACEA European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
ANZCERTA Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations
Trade Agreement
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AUSFTA Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement
BIS Bank for International Settlement
BITs bilateral investment treaties
CAB conformity assessment bodies
CAP common agricultural policy
CER Closer Economic Relations, short for ANZCERTA
CETA Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
CSR corporate social responsibility
CTC change in tariff classification
CTM Community Trade Mark
DDS duty drawback system
EC European Commission
ECIPE European Centre for International Political Economy
EEC European Economic Community
EECT European Economic Community Treaty
EFTA European Free Trade Association
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AUSTRALIA, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NEW TRADE AGENDA
EGA Environmental Goods Agreement
EU European Union
EU28 28 members of the European Union
EUSFTA EU–Singapore Free Trade Agreement
FDI foreign direct investment
FTA free trade agreement
G8 Group of Eight
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP gross domestic product
GI geographical indications
GPA Agreement on Government Procurement
HQB high-quality beef
ICSID International Centre for Settlement
of Investment Disputes
ICT information and communications technology
ILO International Labor Organization
IMF International Monetary Fund
IP intellectual property
IPPA Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
ISDS investor–state dispute settlement
IT information technology
ITA International Technology Agreement
JSCOT Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
KORUS Korea–US
LDCs least developed countries
MEQR measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative
restriction
MFN most favoured nation
MRA mutual recognition agreement
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NTB non-tariff barrier
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