Australian Parliament
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Australian Parliamentary Committee Issues Report on Expanding CPTPP Membership, Discussing Applications of China and Taiwan
An Australian Parliamentary Committee has completed a detailed inquiry into expanding the CPTPP, and has made recommendations related to the applications of both China and Taiwan.
Australian House of Representatives Considers Bill Banning Imports of Goods Made With Forced Labor
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australian-senate-approves-bill-banning-imports-of-goods-forced-labor/]
, in late August, the Australian Senate passed a bill
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=s1307]
– Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021 – that
would ban imports of goods made
Taiwan Representative Testifies before Australian Parliamentary Committee on Joining CPTPP
On October 12, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade heard testimony from
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25097/&sid=0001]
Elliott Charng of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Views of Australian Businesses on China Joining the CPTPP
On September 30, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with several
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25041/&sid=0004]
witnesses
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/
Tony Abbott on the Applications of China and Taiwan to Join the CPTPP
On September 30, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with former
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25041/&sid=0003]
(currently an adviser to
Australian Parliamentary Committee Discusses Taiwan Joining the CPTPP
On September 2, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with three
witnesses who supported Taiwan joining the CPTPP as part of its inquiry on "
Expanding Membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for
Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Australian Senate Approves Bill Banning Imports of Goods Made with Forced Labor
Last week, the Australian Senate passed a bill
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=s1307]
– Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021 – that
would ban imports of goods made with forced labor. There are significant hurdles
to the bill
