ACITI 2024 Annual Conference

Cutting to the chase, this year's conference focuses on Australia's International Economic Competitiveness in a Time of Structural Change. Watch this space for further details.

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11/9/2024

9/5/24

Trade under Trump

A great night of fascinating insights, great discussion and networking over drinks. Look out for our next Sydney event.

ACITI/Uni of Wollongong / Professionals in International Trade

7/5/24

High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy

CIBEL hosted a seminar featuring Prof Angela Zhang discussing China's governance of big tech firms.

China International Business and Economic Law, UNSW

1/5/24

The trade routes vital to Australia’s economic security

ACITI's Bryan Clark spoke to ASPI Senior Fellow, David Uren about his report on the importance of Australia's trade routes for our national security.

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11/4/24

Are Australia's proposed fuel standards consistent with international trade rules - and other trade/environment conundrums! - with Jessica Giovanelli

ACITI spoke to Jessica Giovanelli, Special Counsel with Moulis Legal, about the potential conflicts between Australia's future vehicle efficiency standards and international trade rules.

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8/4/24

Australia's Trade and Manufacturing Policy Outlook with Assistant Minister Tim Ayres

ACITI spoke to Senator the Hon Tim Ayres about the Australian Government's trade and manufacturing policy priorities for the next 12 months. We're sorry you missed it as it wasn't recorded.

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27/3/24

What happened at MC13 with Australia's Ambassador to the WTO - Mr James Baxter RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE

ACITI spoke to Australia's Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation, James Baxter, about the outcomes from the 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO.

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1/3/24

MC13 Services and digital negotiations

ACITI spoke to Jane Drake-Brockman, founder and current board member of the Australian Services Roundtable on what's happening at the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Conference then underway in Abu Dhabi with a focus on the services and digital negotiations.

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26/2/24

WTO Reform: A China Round?

For those in Adelaide, IIT is hosting Prof Henry Gao for an in-person discussion on WTO reform proposals and China's perspective on those reforms.

Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide

7/2/24

International Trade Outlook: Navigating Challenges in 2024

ECA and IP Australia hosted a focused discussion on how best to navigate the international trade landscape in 2024.

Export Council of Australia and IP Australia

31/1/24

Trade and Environment series: Filling the Climate Finance Gap

ACITI spoke to Erwin Jackson from the Investor Group on Climate Change on how investors and government need to work together to help Australia reduce systemic financial climate risks.

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30/1/24

Realising Paperless Trade Series: Tokenisation for the Real World Webinar

ACITI's Bryan Clark talks to Blockchain Australia and XDC Australia on Trade Tokenisation: Compliance, Business & Digital Trade.

Blockchain Australia and XDC

13/12/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 12: Legislative Reforms to Support Paperless Trade.

Bryan Clark discusses modernising the Australian Customs Act and other associated legislative reform opportunities supporting paperless trade in the 21st century with Bill Cole.

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7/12/23

Australia-EU Agriculture Trade Relationship - Update from Jo Grainger in Brussels

The Australia-EU agricultural trade relationship: Update from Brussels

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6/12/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 11: AI and contextual decision making in international trade and crime prevention

Bryan Clark spoke with Holly Miller Head of Fraud Solutions - APAC for Quantexa about modern approaches to managing corruption and remediation projects involving Third Party Risk monitoring and Data Analytics programs to increase the integrity of international supply chains.

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29/11/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 10: Border 5 International Customs Cooperation

Bryan Clark discussed developments in the Border 5 members related to interoperable single windows, data sharing and trust approaches to support trade facilitation for legitimate traders and interrupt illicit trade across supply chains with US Customs and Border Protection’s Director of Business Transformation & Innovation Division (BTID), Vincent Annunziato.

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29/11/23

The Reform and Role of ISDS in the Legalization and Legitimacy of the Investment Treaty Regime

This webinar looked at Professor Chen Yu’s new book which examines the role of the ISDS mechanism in the legalization, and legitimacy, of international investment law.

Columbia Centre on Sustainable Development

22/11/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 9: Management of the risks associated with financial crime in trade, invoice, and supply chain finance

ACITI's Bryan Clark spoke with banking and finance expert, Mark Borton, on how paperless trade can help manage the risks associated with financial crime.

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22/11/23

Digital Trade 101 with Josh Meltzer from Policyware

ACITI speaks to Josh Meltzer from Policyware on what digital trade is, why it's important and hot topics in digital trade.

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8/11/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 8: Who pays for paperless trade?

ACITI spoke to Paul Zalai, from the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association on past industry experience and views on best practice related to the cost recovery implications of simplified trade.

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1/11/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 7: Electronic Trade Documents in Practice

In Webinar 7 of this ACITI Series - Realising Paperless Trade - ACITI's Bryan Clark spoke with Ulf Eggefors and Gunner Collin from Enigio on how electronic documents can be both secure and make paperwork easier for traders.

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25/10/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 6: Roadmap to Digital Trade: An intro to the ICC Digital Standards Initiative

Bryan Clark discussed the development of a globally harmonized, digitized trade environment, as a key enabler of dynamic, sustainable, inclusive growth with Pamela Mar, Managing Director of the ICC Digital Standards Initiative (DSI).

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18/10/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 5: The UK experience in adopting the Model Law on Electronically Transferable Records

ACITI's Bryan Clark spoke with Nick Davies, Director of the UK ICC Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation, about the UK approach to the adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronically Transferable Records (MLETR) and the impacts this is already having for UK businesses and their supply chains.

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17/10/23

ACITI 2023 Annual Conference - Emissions, Environment & Energy - impact and implications for Australia's international trade and investment

Watch this space for the Report of the awesome discussion that took place at the ACITI Annual Conference.

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11/10/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 4: Customs Act Reform Opportunities

The Australian Customs Act 1901 (as amended) is a key piece of the legislative architecture supporting Australia's international trade and compliance. Its foundation is over 120 years old with links to colonial precedents. In this webinar, ACITI's Bryan Clark spoke with Andrew Hudson, Partner at Rigby Cooke Lawyers, on whether the Customs Act is fit for purpose for 21st century paperless trade.

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5/10/23

WEBINAR - Australia-China Agriculture Trade - Update and where to from here...

ACITI were joined by Deb Langford, Minister-Counsellor (Agriculture) at the Australian Embassy in Beijing, and Associate Professor Scott Waldron from the University of Queensland, for a fascinating discussion on the current state of Australia's ag trade with China and where to from here.

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4/10/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 3: Advancements in HS Code Automation

Webinar 3 of ACITI's Realising Paperless Trade series featured Peter Carter and Patrick Jonasson from GS1 (https://www.gs1au.org/) talking about advancements in HS code automation.

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27/9/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar 2: The Role of Verifiable Credentials in International Trade

ACITI’s own Bryan Clark and Steve Capell spoke about Verifiable Credentials (VCs) and Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) and the critical role they play in making trade easier while managing risk.

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20/9/23

Realising Paperless Trade Webinar Series: 1 - Paperless trade and the UN - What is Australia Missing?

ACITI's Bryan Clark, Ian Watt, Vice Chair, International Supply Chain section of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) and Founder and CEO NeXTRADE World Pty Ltd, and John Ning, Principle Planner, International Cooperation Development Centre Taiwan Institute for Information Industry (III) discussed what's happening in the United Nations on paperless trade.

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3/8/23

The Services Export Action Plan (SEAP) - a new model for Government/Industry engagement

This webinar with James Bond, President of the Australian Services Roundtable, and Matthew Duckworth and Jenny Dee from DFAT, looked at how the SEAP came about and how it might be a model for policy making beyond services exports. It also looks at the Government's forward agenda for promoting Australia's services trade.

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2/8/23

Global Market Insights USA Seminar

The latest in a series of Global Market Insights seminar, this one focused on the US discussed what the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) means for Australian exporters. Presenters provided an update on the political and economic conditions, commercial opportunities, and tips for growing your business in the USA.

Export Council of Australia, DFAT, Qantas Business Money

27/7/23

Trade Policy Research Forum: Services in the India-EU FTA

Check out the recording of this excellent discussion on the potential impact of an EU-India FTA services deal. It has some useful lessons for Australia.

Trade Policy Research Forum

18/7/23

What is the Simplified Trade System and where is it at?

ACITI Forum was pleased to host all round great guy, talented economist and Deputy Head of the Simplified Trade System Taskforce - Dr Paul Hubbard. Paul provided a 101 on the STS and an update on progress to date.

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22/6/23

Australia-European Union FTA Update with Australia's Chief Negotiator - Alison Burrows

Australia's Trade Minister, Don Farrell, met with his EU counterpart in early June to progress FTA negotiations. Media speculated that the meeting would resolve the last outstanding issues. Instead, Minister Farrell left the meeting saying conclusion in the next few months was looking more difficult. Alison Burrows, Australia's Chief Negotiator for the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement provided valuable insights into what the remaining blockages were and next steps.

Australian Centre for International Trade and Investment

17/5/23

Trade Law Symposium

ACITI's Trade Law Symposium explored hot topics in international trade law. Watch this space for a summary of the discussion.

Australian Centre for International Trade and Investment (ACITI)

22/11/22

ACITI inaugural Annual Conference

ACITI's inaugural Annual Conference included insightful discussion on the national security challenges facing Australia's international trade and investment businesses and policy makers alike. Big thank you to the amazing presenters and audience who made this day such a success.

Australian Centre for International Trade and Investment

19/10/22

Discover Austrade's AMAZING Trade Information Service

Find out what's giving Australian goods and services exporters a competitive advantage.

ACITI with Austrade

8/10/22

ACITI meets The Trade Guys

Is it actually possible to make international trade interesting for people who aren't trade geeks? ACITI spoke to Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch (The Trade Guys) from the Centre for Stategic and International Studies in Washington DC who try and make trade comprehensible (and entertaining) for the average person in their weekly podcast. Making international trade interesting for Aussies is one of ACITI's core reasons for being. So we invited Bill and Scott to share their insights and give us a few of their trade secrets ;-). Email us at forum@aciti.org.au if you'd like a copy of Scott's '6 Rules for Talking About International Trade'.

ACITI with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies

10/8/22

What's happening with Australia's supply chains?

Australia's sea and airfreight services were hit hard by COVID. Hear from Michael Byrne, International Freight Coordinator General, and Paul Zalai, Director, Freight & Trade Alliance, on how our supply chains are managing as we come out of COVID. Michael and Paul also discuss the key challenges for Australia's supply chains going forward.

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