25th International Trade Law Conference 2003
The 2003 Conference program reflected the diverse and dynamic nature of international trade law in the new millennium and provided a unique forum for the discussion of current developments in the area of international trade law. The keynote address at the Conference was delivered by the Attorney-General, the Hon. Philip Ruddock MP. Speakers were drawn from the private profession, academia and government.
Speakers brought a diversity of expertise and experience to the following panels:
- Multilateral and Bilateral Trade relations, the WTO, ANZCERTA and new free trade agreements;
- International Commercial Arbitration;
- The Customs International Trade Modernisation Initiative;
- Commercial Contracts and Capital Markets; and
- International Trade in the Digital Environment.
Conference Program
Keynote Address by the Hon Philip Ruddock MP, Attorney-General
Conference Papers: The following papers from the conference are made available on this web site on the basis of a free non-exclusive licence. The copyright in the papers is retained by individual authors.
Panel 1: Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Relations, the WTO, ANZCERTA and New Free Trade Agreements
Mr David Goddard QC, New Zealand Bar, Special Counsel - International to the Ministry of Economic Development of NZ
- Topic: Trans-Tasman trade - legal and regulatory issues - PDF 78KB
- Topic: Trans-Tasman trade - legal and regulatory issues - Powerpoint 150KB
Mr Dominic Trindade, Assistant Secretary, WTO Trade Law Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Topic: WTO dispute resolution: Recent developments in multilateral and bilateral dispute resolution processes - Word 79KB
- Topic: WTO dispute resolution: Recent developments in multilateral and bilateral dispute resolution processes - PDF 127KB
Mr Peter Little, Co-Chair of the International Law Briefing Committee, the Law Institute of Victoria; Lecturer, Melbourne University Law School
- Topic: Reductions of the forgotten trade barrier: Enforcement of legal rights in and out of FTAs for trading corporations - Word 74KB
- Topic: Reductions of the forgotten trade barrier: Enforcement of legal rights in and out of FTAs for trading corporations - PDF 167KB
Panel 2: Commercial Contracts and Capital Markets
The Hon Justice Finn, Federal Court of Australia
No paper available
Mr Richard Potok, Principal, Potok & Co; Visiting Fellow, Law Faculty, University of New South Wales; Legal Expert to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
- Topic: Law Reform in indirectly held securities: Hague Securities Convention and the UNIDROIT initiative -
If you would like a copy of the presentation or to discuss any of the issues raised; please contact Richard Potok on potok@globalcollateral.com
Panel 3: The Customs International Trade Modernisation Initiative
Mr Andrew Hudson, Partner, Herbert, Geer and Rundle; Immediate Past Chair, Customs and International Transactions Committee, Law Council of Australia
- Topic: The legal and legislative context of the Trade Modernisation Initiative - PDF 347KB
- Topic: The legal and legislative context of the Trade Modernisation Initiative - Powerpoint 288KB
Mr Stephen Goggs, National Manager, Cargo Management Reengineering Transition Branch, Australian Customs Service
- Topic: The customs philosophy and challenges of implementing the Trade Modernisation Initiative - PDF 527KB
- Topic: The customs philosophy and challenges of implementing the Trade Modernisation Initiative - Powerpoint 564KB
Panel 4: International Commercial Arbitration
Topic: Resolving trade disputes: learning from the NAFTA
No paper available
Professor Michael Pryles AM, President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
- Topic: Recent developments concerning the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration - Word 54KB
- Topic: Recent developments concerning the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration - PDF 102KB
Panel 5: International Trade in the Digital Environment
Mr Gareth Lewis, Director, Electronic Developments, Australian Customs Service; Delegate to the World Customs Organization
- Topic: The coming revolution in security and trade facilitation in the international supply chain - PDF 78KB
- Topic: The coming revolution in security and trade facilitation in the international supply chain - Powerpoint 173KB
Jointly with Mr Mark Sneddon, Partner, E-Business and Financial Services, Clayton Utz; Adviser to the Australian Customs Service
- Topic: Information management and transactions in trade and customs facilitiation: Legal issues in the digital environment - PDF 131KB
- Topic: Information management and transactions in trade and customs facilitiation: Legal issues in the digital environment - Powerpoint 285KB
Dr Warwick A Rothnie, Barrister; Senior Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne
- Topic: Copyright and contracts in the digital environment: An issue arising out of the CLRC Inquiry - Word 127KB
- Topic: Copyright and contracts in the digital environment: An issue arising out of the CLRC Inquiry - PDF 204KB
- Chapter 5 Enforceability - CLRC report - PDF 182KB
- WIPO Protection of marks, and other industrial property rights in signs, on the internet - PDF 122KB