POLICY

ASR Services Roadmap

• ASR is interested in partners to undertake a Services Roadmap, see attached Terms of Reference for scoping study >>

Services Statistics

• ASR Brief on Services data >>
• Roundtable Statistical Card: 2004 Edition >>

Services Export Strategy for South Australia

• DTE Brochure - Exporting South Australian Services >>
• Draft Services Export Strategy >>
• South Australian Exporters Directory >>
• International Business Week presentation 2007 >>

Measuring the Benefits of Services Liberalisation

• East Asian Policy Brief >>
• Service in Doha - what's on the table, World Bank, April 2009 >>

Trade Policy for Services

• Update on Exports of Legal Services >>
• The Need for Greater Focus on Services - ASR Position Paper >>

Developing Australia as a Financial Services Centre

• Submissions to the Australian Financial Centre Forum being chaired by Mr Mark Johnson are available here >>

Innovation in Services

• Science and Technology-Led Innovation in Services for Australian Industries Report of the PMSEIC Working Group >>
• Towards High Performance Services - Implications for Innovation Policy - Dr Jari Kuusisto >>
• Submission to the Cutler Review of the National Innovation System >>
• Creativity, Design and Innovation by John H Howard >>
• Knowledge Intensive Business Services >>
• Strengthening Innovation through Improved Service Sector Metrics >>
• IBM Innovation Index >>
• ASR Media Release Nov07 >>
• US Council on Competitiveness 2005 Report >>
• Rudd Government Policy on Innovation >>

Free Trade Agreements - Services & Investment Aspects

• BILATERAL APPROACHES TO SERVICES TRADE AND INVESTMENT LIBERALISATION – WTO PLUS OR WTO MINUS? Jane Drake-Brockman ,Paper delivered at the Conference of Economists, Canberra, September 2003 >>
• Services Concepts in FTAs >>

Australia China FTA Negotiations

• Chinese Commercial Diplomacy - Australian Views >>
• Chinese Commercial Di[plomacy - Chinese Views >>
• An Architects Perspective >>

Australia/Chile FTA

• Australian Services Roundtable media release of  May 2008 >>

Relations with India

• ASR Submission on India >>

Obstacles to Trade in Professional Services

• Global Reach >>
• Going Global >>

Domestic Regulation

• Presentation by Dr Sherry Stephenson on Regulatory Disciplines in Trade Agreements >>
• Regulation in the Insurance Industry, Views of the British Insurers Association, 2002 >>
• Creating a better business environment for Australia's services industries >>

WTO Services Negotiations

• ASR Presentation >>
• ASR Powerpoint >>

WTO Intellectual Property

• ASR Submission on US China Dispute on Copyright >>
• ASR Submission on US China Dispute on Audio Visual Distribution >>

Tasman Transparency Group

• TTG Submission to Australia 2020 Summit >>
• AN INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN THE WTO Proposed by: The Tasman Transparency Group >>

IT Outsourcing

• Pre-empting Protectionism in Services - The GATS and Outsourcing', paper by Matoo ( World Bank) and Wunsch ( Institute for International Economics, Feb2004 >>

APEC

• ASR Presentation to Senior Officials, Lima, Peru February 2008 >>
• Services – APEC Workshop on FTAs Hanoi February/March 2006 Jane Drake-Brockman >>
• Investments – APEC Workshop on FTAs Hanoi February/March 2006 Jane Drake-Brockman >>
• Private Sector Perspective on Transparency, Regulation, and Trade in regard to Growth and Investment in the APEC Region. Danny Kotlowitz, Legal Counsel, Telstra Public Policy & Communications >>