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AFTINET Bulletin No
107
2 December 2004
- AFTINET welcomes Jemma Bailey, farewells Louise Southalan
- Government introduces copyright amendments to AUSFTA
implementing legislation
- ASEAN-ANZ Free Trade negotiations to start in April 2005
- Poor Country Gains from Trade Greatly Overstated
- Reminder: Sydney Seminar on China FTA: 7 December
AFTINET Bulletin
106
24 November 2004
- USFTA finalised but US to act to delay generic medicines
- Minister warns on deal with Beijing
- Trade deal with China on agenda in PM's visit
- Reminder: AFTINET seminar on China FTA: Sydney 7 December
AFTINET Bulletin
105
17 November 2004
- Update on USFTA
- US forces FTA change to copyright
- Thai FTA legislation in Parliament
- AFTINET Sydney Seminar on China FTA: 7 December
- Melbourne Public Forum on WTO: 29 November
AFTINET Bulletin
104
21 October 2004
- Reminder: GATS consultations and submissions
- Change of date for AFTINET China seminar: now 7 December
- USFTA update:
- Canberra feels trade deal heat from Congress
- PBS faces winds of change
- New book: How to Kill a Country: Australia’s
devastating trade deal with the US
AFTINET Bulletin
102
23 September 2004
- China/Australia FTA: Sydney seminar 23 November
- Australia/Malaysia FTA Scoping Study: Call For Submissions
by 15 October
- ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand look to 2007 pact
AFTINET Bulletin
101
31 August 2004
- New AFTINET leaflet and briefing on the WTO
- Labor must stand firm
- U.S. Is Playing Shell Game With Subsidies
- Oxfam Community Aid Abroad National Conference, October 1-3
Sydney
AFTINet Bulletin
100
13 August 2004
- USFTA legislation passed: What Next?
- Labor’s plan for 'safeguards' on the USFTA
- Bullying big pharma puts pressure on Howard
AFTINET BUlletin No
99
5 August 2004
- USFTA campaign: Implementing Legislation still stalled in
the Senate
- Joint statement: Mark Latham and Stephen Conroy on USFTA
amendments
- WTO deal drops "new issues", makes some progress
on agricultural subsidies but still neglects many needs of developing countries
- Washington pressures Canberra on China deal
AFTINET Bulletin No
98
27 July 2004
- Marginal Polls tell Labor to Reject US Free Trade Agreement
- Government PBS review Process released for comment
- Plum jobs for US trade deal advisers
AFTINET Bulletin No
97
21 July 2004
- Peak Community Organisations call for rejection of US Free
Trade Agreement
- Why Latham should reject the FTA
AFTINET Bulletin No
96
8 July 2004
- Key Labor senator hits US agreement
- Rationalists run for cover in free-trade debate
- USFTA events in July: Melbourne, Brisbane
- Thai Australia Free Trade Agreement Process Flawed, say
Community Groups
AFTINET Bulletin No
95
10 June 2004
- AFTINET Avant Card on USFTA in coffee shops and theatres
- Claims by US Trade Negotiator are out of date and misleading
- New modelling cuts FTA gains
- Draft submission on China/Australia FTA attached for
comments
AFTINET Bulletin No
94
26 May 2004
- Lobbying ALP Senators and federal MPs: update
- Coalition faces Labor of love to sell deal
- WTO Panel rules against special and differential treatment
for developing countries
- Thailand: Trade, Labour and Rights: Sydney public meeting 8
July
- USFTA talk Melbourne, 7 June
- USFTA Demonstration Melbourne, 7 June
AFTINET Bulletin No
93
20 May 2004
- USFTA update
- Labor warns it may block trade deal
- Preliminary comments on Thailand Australia Free Trade
Agreement
- Melbourne USFTA demonstration for Senate Inquiry: 7 June
- Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: Sydney fair trade event 1 June
AFTINET BUlletin No
92
11 May 2004
- Report of AFTINET rally and Parliamentary Committee hearings
- Now is the time to lobby the ALP: AFTINET lobbying campaign
- AFTINET media release: Government study on USFTA exaggerates
gains and ignores costs
- Impact of USFTA on pharmaceuticals in Australia
- US trade deal won't have 'big effect' on investment
- EU woos poor countries with tariff pledges
- Public lecture Sydney 19 May: Feminism in a neo-liberal age
AFTINET BUlletin No
91
29 April 2004
- FTA hearings open with union defiance
- AFTINET rally: Sydney 4 May 12.30pm
- Actors to hold USFTA Kids Concert: Sydney 16 May
AFTINET Bulletin No
90
16 April 2004
- Lobby groups gather to dispute the FTA
- Report accuses Australia & NZ of bullying Pacific
Islands
- USFTA: Senate Committee submissions due 30 April
- USFTA events (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Dubbo)
- Brisbane Social Forum 7 to 9 May
AFTINET Bulletin No
89
8 April 2004
- AFTINET launches new USFTA publication
- Sydney events for Committee hearings: 19 April & 4 May
- Ask SBS to produce USFTA debate
- Australia-China FTA Joint Feasibility Study: Call for Public
Submissions
- Online bets on cards with WTO
- Friends of the ABC: USFTA Dinner, Perth 23 April
AFTINET Bulletin No
88
15 March 2004
- The Devil in the Detail: AFTINET summary and analysis of
USFTA
- Update on parliamentary committees inquiring into USFTA
- Public meeting on the USFTA: Sydney 1 April , 6pm, Tom Mann
Theatre, Surry Hills
AFTINET Bulletin No
87
4 March 2004
- USFTA: text released and AFTINET response
- Free trade deal tested as Labor threatens blockade
- AFTINET planning meeting: Sydney 10 March
- WTO official sees no chance to end Doha this year
- Conference on global debt: Sydney 24 March
- Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Walk Against Want, Sunday 21
March
AFTINET Bulletin No
86
24 February 2004
- Text of USFTA and upcoming campaign
- Opinion poll shows growing doubts about USFTA
- AFTINET meeting with DFAT
- AFTINET Planning Meeting 10 March
AFTINET Bulletin No
85
16 February 2004
- Telstra Privatisation Letter in USFTA
- US/Singapore FTA letter pledging to privatise SingTel
- Betrayed by our own sycophantic team - Oliver Yates, Australian
Financial Review, Feb 16
- U.S. Congress Representative Tom Allen statement of concern
on the USFTA and medicines - Feb 10
- WTO Victory: investment, competition policy and government
purchasing off the agenda and WTO Ministerial Meeting unlikely in 2004
AFTINET Bulletin No
84
12 February 2004
- AFTINET’s media work on the USFTA issue
- Summary of Key Provisions of the Australia-US FTA
- Report: International Trade Campaign Conference, Delhi
- AFTINET Planning Meeting 10 March
AFTINET Bulletin No
83
6 February 2004
- USFTA to bring higher medicine prices despite Minister's
promises
- Bush urged to save trade deal
- AFTINET Planning Meeting 5 pm, 10 March, Sydney
- Letter to US Trade Representative from the US National
Conference of State Legislatures against an Investor State Complaints process in the
USFTA, 2/2/04
- An Invitation to meet and hear Professor Richard Feachem,
Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
AFTINET Bulletin No
82
27 January 2004
- US FTA may collapse as US excludes sugar from deal
- No FTA is better than a bad FTA, Sydney Morning Herald
January 27, 2004
- Three US drug firms' bitter trade pill, Sydney Morning
Herald January 27, 2004
- USFTA seminars, Sydney and Orange, January 29
AFTINET Bulletin No
81
21 January 2004
- Democrat Congress members' letter condemns US push for
higher drug prices
- WA farmers use Canadian evidence condemn USFTA attack on
Wheat Board
- New Research shows NAFTA problems on 10th anniversary
AFTINET Bulletin NO
80
19 January 2004
- Thousands of AFTINET statements delivered to Trade Minister
as US Farmers lobby against USFTA
- Opposition grows as USFTA campaign continues in 2004
- US Trade Representative Zoellick drops two New WTO issues in
bid to revive talks in 2004
