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Fact sheet: Trading away our privacy? How e-commerce rules can entrench big tech monopolies and restrict the regulation of the digital economy

February 26, 2020: Read AFTINET's new fact sheet Trading away our privacy? How e-commerce rules can entrench big tech monopolies and restrict the regulation of the digital economy.

AFTINET Submissions

DFAT review of Bilateral investment Treaties (BITs)

Submission to the DFAT review of Bilateral investment Treaties (BITs) (September 2020)

Singapore Digital Economy Agreement

AFTINET's submission to the JSCOT review of the Singapore Digital Economy agreement is here.(August 2020)

JSCOT review of the Trade Agreement Process

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) review of the trade agreement process (July 2020)

DFAT five-year Review of the China FTA

Submission to the DFAT five-year Review of the China FTA (July 2020)

Inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020)

Australia's Trade relations with the Pacific Islands

Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade inquiry on trade relationships with the Pacific Islands (March 2020)

Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement

Submission to the DFAT on the proposed Australia-UK free trade agreement (February 2020)

Plurilateral Agreement on E-commerce

Submission to the DFAT on the Plurilateral Negotiations on Trade-Related Aspects of Electronic Commerce (February 2020)

Bilateral Investment Agreement with Uruguay

Submission to JSCOT on the Agreement between Australia and Uruguay on the Promotion and Protection of Investments (September 2019)

United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration

Submission to the JSCOT Inquiry into the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (September 2019)

Trade and Investment Agreements with Hong Kong

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the trade and investment agreements with Hong Kong (August 2019)

Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership (IACEPA)

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership (August 2019)

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (April 2021)
Second Submission to DFAT on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (September 2015)
Submission to the DFAT on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (April 2013)

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade on the expansion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) membership (April 2021)
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (March 2016)
Multi-NGO Submission to DFAT, The Trans Pacific Partnership, Intellectual Property and Medicines (October 2013)
Submission to the Pharmaceutical Patents Review conducted by IP Australia (January 2013)
Second Submission to DFAT on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on behalf of AFTINET (May 2010)
Submission to DFAT on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (November 2008)

Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA)

Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014

Submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014 (April 2014)

Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)

Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Plurilateral Services Agreement (March 2013)

Productivity Commission Review

General

Submission to the Mortimer Review on Australia's Export Policies and Programs (May 2008)
Submission to the White Paper Advancing National Interest (July 2002)

Australia/US FTA

WTO

Submission to the Senate Inquiry into GATS (April 2003)
Supplementary submission to the Senate Inquiry into GATS (March 2003)
Submission on the GATS Negotiations (December 2004)
Submission on the Doha Negotiations (October 2005)
Submission on the Doha, Qatar Meeting (2001)

China FTA

Submission to the Feasibility Study into a China/Australia FTA (June 2004)
Submission into the Senate Inquiry in Australia's relationship with China (March 2005)
Submission to the China Task Force (June 2005)
Submission to the JSCOT enquiry into the China-Australia FTA (July 2015)

Pacific Islands Trade Agreements

Submission into the Senate Inquiry into the Economic and Security challenges for the South-West Pacific

Chile/Australia FTA

Japan/Australia FTA

Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (January 2007)

Thailand/Australia FTA

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (June 2004)

Singapore/Australia FTA

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (February 2005)

ASEAN/Australia/New Zealand FTA

Submission to the Asia Task Force (February 2005)

Malaysia/Australia FTA

Submission to the Feasability Study into a Malaysia/Australia FTA (October 2004)

Gulf Cooperation Council/Australia FTA

Submission to the Feasability Study into a GCC/Australia FTA (April 2004)

Indonesia/Australia FTA

Submission to the Feasability Study into an Indonesia/Australia FTA (December 2007)

India/Australia FTA

Submission to the Feasability Study into an India/Australia FTA (March 2008)

Mexico/Australia FTA

Submission to the Feasibility Study into a Mexico/Australia FTA (July 2006)
Submission to the Joint Standing committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (January 2007)

AFTINET Publications

For more information on AFTINET's work in these areas see the related pages on this website or contact AFTINET.

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: The TPP by another name? (updated November 2019)

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)

Speeches & Papers

General

(December 2018) What is Trade Justice and how does it relate to Labor Policy? - Pat Ranald, ALP Conference.
(April 2008) Frank Stilwell presentation titled "Selling the environment in order to save it?", given at the AFTINET Fundraising Dinner.
(June 2005) Australia’s experience of the bilateral trade strategies of the US and China - Paper given by Jemma Bailey and Dr Patricia Ranald, Policy-Research Conference on Trade, Asia-Pacific Research Network, Hong Kong, SAR, 11 – 13 July 2005.