G20 Studies Centre workshop 25 June 2013: Trade and the G20
Executive Summary
9–11am, 25 June 2013, the Edwin Flack room at the Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney.
Closed-door workshop hosted by the G20 Studies Centre, conducted under Chatham House rules.
Agenda:
The objective of the workshop was to have an informal discussion on 'what role can the G20 play in advancing trade liberalisation.' The G20 Monitor released on ‘Trade and the G20’ served as the background to the workshop.
Trade is on the G20 agenda and Australia will have to have a ‘position’. The question for Australia is how ambitious does it want to be in advancing trade liberalisation within the G20 in 2014? The level of ambition it adopts will have to be translated into the amount of preparation and effort it puts into the issue.
Participants in the discussion were:
| Peter Crone | Business Council of Australia |
| Jim Redden | Institute for International Trade (University of Adelaide) |
| David Cooper | Prime Minister & Cabinet |
| Joel Rathus | Prime Minister & Cabinet |
| Andrew Elek | Trade Consultant |
| Peter Gallagher | Crawford School of Public Policy |
| Dr. Joanne Loundes | Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade |
| Brett Williams | Brett G Williams Law Office |
| Robert Milliner | B20 Sherpa |
| Mark Thirlwell | International Economy Program, Lowy Institute |
| Mike Callaghan | G20 Studies Centre, Lowy Institute |
| Tim Harcourt | Australian School of Business, UNSW |
| Fabrizio Carmignani | Griffith Business School |
| James Holloway | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| Kylie Oakes-Ati | Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade |
| Hugh Jorgensen | Lowy Institute |
| Prof. John Ravenhill | School of Politics and International Relations, The ANU |
