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rEpOrT ON aCTiviTiES
WELCOME
JOHN DAWKINS AO
I have had the privilege of being closely associated with the Institute for International Trade since its inception in early 2003. First, as a member of the Board of Governors and in more recent years as the Convenor of the Board, I have watched the Institute grow and with its activities diversifying over time. The Institute prides itself on its expertise and on the fact that the advice and assistance it provides is uniformly of a practical nature. The Institute has established an enviable reputation throughout Australia, our region and beyond. When I revisit the strategic objectives the Board set for the Institute many years ago, I am impressed by the extent to which the Executive director and staff have attained or exceeded these objectives. With its combination of research, consulting, training and academic teaching, the Institute for International Trade has a solid footing for the future. As you peruse this Report on Activities for the Institutes first eight years, I feel sure that you will share my view that the record reflects some major accomplishments. This record is justification of the faith placed in the Institute when the South Australian Government and the University of Adelaide supported its establishment. We are fortunate to count as members of the Board of Governors an impressive group of men and women from Australia and around the world. I am sure that I can speak for the entire Board in saying that we are glad to have had the opportunity to work with the Institute, its distinguished director and his staff over the past eight years. I have every confidence that the Institute will continue to perform and prosper. Sincerely John dawkins, AO Convenor, Board of Governors
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2 INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAdE
ANDREW L. STOLER
The Institute for International Trade has come a long way since its establishment in early 2003. I am pleased to say that we have been able over the years to build a reputation for excellence in capacity-building training activities, specialised contract research and consulting and academic programs focussed on international trade, investment and development. We have also been successful at building and maintaining important relationships with other organisations in Australia and around the globe and these linkages have frequently paid off handsomely through the opportunities they have provided for collaborative projects. There have been opportunities over the years for some very unique activities that fall outside of our normal lines of work. Our China Mayors Study Tour is in its fifth year in 2011. For a number of years, IIT hosted the WTO Moot Court competition for our region. We have conducted expert opinion surveys on our own and in collaboration with trade-related organisations in other parts of the world. For two years, IIT had the honour of representing Australia in the East Asian Summits track two study of a possible Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia agreement. In the early days of 2011, we have an exciting and active period ahead of us. We will be designing and delivering major training programs for the developing country government officials this year. On the academic front, new student enrolment in our Master of International Trade and development program has risen to 19 students and new elective courses are due to be introduced in the second semester. We will be continuing a number of ongoing research projects this year and anticipate initiating a significant new project. Our success has been facilitated by a number of factors over the years, including strong support from the University of Adelaide, our Board of Governors, agencies of the Australian and South Australian governments and hard work by the Institute staff, Visiting WTO Fellows, and our Associate Experts.. Sincerely, Andrew L. Stoler Executive director
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REPORT ON AcTIvITIES
STraTEGiC OBJECTivES
The Board of Governors has agreed the following Statement of Strategic Objectives for the Institute: To become the premier Australian institution providing training, strategic advice and practical assistance relating to the practice of international trade policy; To forge and maintain lasting and productive relationships between the Institute and other Australian institutions and intergovernmental organisations such as the World Trade Organization, World Bank, OECD, IDLO and ADB; To make a significant contribution to the capacity of Australian governments and private sector operators particularly those in South Australia to fully appreciate the opportunities and challenges presented by developments in the international economic environment and thereby position themselves to gain maximum benefit from these developments; To further develop and maintain a positive public profile that enhances the reputation of Adelaide and South Australia as a centre for excellence in education and public international policy study and discussion; To make a sustained contribution to the academic and training activities of Adelaides three universities.
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Policy Brief: how Trade Initiatives are helping to Achieve the MDGs
In this policy brief, resulting from research commissioned by AusAId, Institute researchers analysed how trade initiatives are helping to achieve the Millennium development Goals (MdGs). The study shows how well-planned and strategically executed trade policy initiatives can and do impact positively on sustainable poverty reduction, as well as contributing importantly to the achievement of other MdGs. [Not available to the public]
ASEAN-Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA). Organized as a guide for business persons, the publication highlights the salient provisions of the Agreement, including market opportunities that have been created for manufacturers, traders, investors and professionals. [Publicly available from ASEAN]
In its contract work for businesses in Australia and overseas and through research projects funded by government, the private sector and international intergovernmental organisations, the Institute has completed a number of significant projects over the years. On-going international trade negotiations both those in the WTO and in the growing number of Free Trade Agreements - and their implications for business and government policy-makers have been the subject of many of our projects. A number of projects have researched the specific implications of trade agreements and reforms for developing countries. Other research work has focussed on how governments and businesses have dealt with the challenges of participating in a complex international trading environment and how modern approaches to customs matters and border controls can speed international trade flows.
ASEAN member countries in five business services sectors, namely accountancy, architectural, legal, computer and related services and management consulting services. [Publicly available from ASEAN]
The report demonstrates that the near- and medium-term impact on tariff revenues of implementing the PICTA agreement would be relatively minor and could be readily offset by other revenue raising measures and the adoption of more cost-efficient implementation procedures. The final report was completed in May 2007. [Publicly available from the PIFS website]
economic relations between Pacific Island Countries with Australia and New Zealand, PACER. The comparative analysis not only gives insight into model trade facilitation measures for developing countries but also examines relevant implementation challenges. [Publicly available from the UNESCAP ARTNeT website]
focussed on services trade negotiations and incorporated a simulation of a multilateral trade negotiation on trade in services. Thirty-two officials participated in the training program representing a wide variety of agencies in Taipei.
facilitation and the treatment of contingent trade remedies in FTAs. The advanced workshops were delivered under contract to the Australian department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and took place in Beijing, Bandar Seri Begawan (2004), Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta (2006) and Yogyakarta (2008).
The Institutes contribution to the program was a two-day session focussed on the operation of the WTO rules for antidumping, subsidies and countervailing duties and safeguards. The IdLO training program was financed by the WTOs capacity-building trust fund.
relationships. The Institute is due to organize and deliver the program at least through 2013.
In addition, degree candidates must elect to pursue three of the following elective courses: International Trade and Investment Policy International Trade Transactions and the Law MNCs, Trade and Sustainable development Services Trade and Developing World Labour Markets International Aid and Trade Wine for Asia (preparing and participating in a trade show) Research Project in International Trade The Economics of Climate Change
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The Institute has developed and maintained collaborative linkages with other organisations around the world with responsibilities for international trade and economic questions.
Evian Group
www.imd.org/eviangroup
The Institutes Executive director is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), a Brussels-based think tank focussed on conducting high quality research on trade policy and political economy questions and promoting the principles of an open world trade order. ECIPE Fellows are based at universities and institutes and are involved in Centre activities on a project-by-project basis. The Centre regularly sponsors symposia on topical issues and hosts on-line seminars on its website.
The Evian Group is a loose network of trade and international economics experts from around the world who periodically collaborate on trade related projects. In recent years, the group has been preoccupied with the fate of the World Trade Organization and the long-stalled doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Formed at the time of Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization, the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre is an active player in helping governments and businesses in China adjust to the challenges and profit from the opportunities of WTO membership. The Centre operates an early warning system on foreign antidumping actions against Chinese exporters and runs a number of educational and training programs in Shanghai and elsewhere in China. The Institutes Executive director is a Senior Advisor to the Centre and regularly participates in the Centres advisory committee meetings and conferences in Shanghai.
The Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre is a local agency for WTO trade questions and studies set up by the Shenzhen Municipal Peoples Government. The Centre offers high quality consulting, training, forum organisation and legal services for governments and enterprises on issues relating to Chinas participation in the WTO system. The Institutes Executive director is a Senior Advisor to the Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre and participates in the Centres annual advisory committee meetings in Shenzhen.
Recognizing that the historical records and the archives of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) period of the multilateral trading system were poorly protected against physical destruction and not readily searchable, Stanford University Libraries systematically scanned and organized the archival records of the GATT period (19471994). The material was then organized in electronically searchable format and placed at the disposal of the public an invaluable resource for trade researchers. The Institutes Executive director is a member of the advisory board of the Stanford GATT digital Library Project.
The Institute has collaborated with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the production of two research projects leading to the publication of books of case studies by Cambridge University Press and in 2010 organized a session for the WTOs Public Forum in Geneva. In addition, through a unique arrangement, the Institute regularly hosts WTO staff members through a program of Visiting WTO Fellows, where the WTO staff spend six months in Adelaide as a member of the IIT team. To date, the Institute has hosted seven Visiting WTO Fellows.
Global Trade Alert (GTA) was launched in London in June 2009. The initiative has provided detailed information on state measures taken during the global economic downturn that are likely to alter the treatment of foreign commerce. The information on trade measures posted on the GTA website is collected and analysed by a global network of regional nodes. The Institute currently collaborates with the GTA and is considering joining the network as a regional node provided funding can be identified to support our participation in the project.
The Executive director of the Institute serves as a member of the International Academic Advisory Board of the University of Sydney-based United States Studies Centre. The Centre was formed in a partnership between the Australian Government and the private sector American Australian Association. The mission of the Centre is to improve understanding of all facets of the United States. The Centre regularly organizes topical programs and offers Masters and Phd degrees in United States studies.
iNTErNaTiONaL CONFErENCES
2010
Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center TRIPS at 15 Conference (Shanghai) 2010 WTO Public Forum (Geneva) 2010 Attorney Generals International Trade Law Symposium (Canberra) ABARE Outlook 2010 Conference (Canberra) East Asian Summit Symposium on Rules of Origin (Tokyo)
2009
Geneva Trade and Development Symposium (Geneva) PACER-Plus Issues for PNG and the Private Sector (Port Moresby) Alternative Frameworks for Agriculture Negotiations Seminar (Canberra) Eighth Forum on the WTO and Shenzhen (Shenzhen) Conference on Regional Integration in Asia and Europe (Sussex) Fulbright Symposium on the Australia-USA FTA (Canberra) Symposium on WTO Litigation: Issues and Reforms (Sydney) American Farm Foundation Roundtable Meeting (Maui)
Columbia University Conference on the WTO at Ten
2007
Business and Sustainability Summit (Sydney) Pasifika Thought Leaders Dialogue (Auckland) World Conference on Higher Education (Macau) APEC Dialogue on the Policy Framework for Investment (Melbourne) APEC Trade Policy Dialogue (Adelaide) Annual Conference of APEC Study Centres (Melbourne) Asia-Pacific Quality Network Conference (Kuala Lumpur)
APEC Australia 2007 Symposium (Sanctuary Cove) Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Conference (Sydney) Columbia University Conference on the WTO at Ten (New York) SCCWTO Conference on Prospects for the doha Round (Shanghai) 2006 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum (Washington)
2008
OECD Aid for Trade Policy Dialogue (Paris) Critical Mass as a Framework for Agriculture Negotiations (Adelaide) The Future of Agriculture: Stakeholders dialogue (Barcelona) Warwick Commission Symposium on the WTO (Melbourne) 2008 Attorney Generals International Trade Law Symposium (Canberra)
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Annual Conference of the Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre (Shenzhen) Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference (Hong Kong) Geneva Business Roundtable Meeting (Geneva)
2006
Re-Shaping APEC for the Asia-Pacific Century (Melbourne) Conference on Regional Integration at the Crossroads (Santiago) Third ARTNeT Consultative Meeting of Policy Makers (Macau) Second World Forum on China Studies (Shanghai)
2004
Annual Conference of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center (Shanghai) World Dairy Summit (Melbourne) International Bar Association Conference (Auckland)
Institute clients
Intergovernmental Organisations
World Trade Organization ASEAN Secretariat APEC Secretariat UN Economic & Social Commission for the Asia-Pacific UN Development Program International Development Law Organization
OECD UNESCO Forum on Education Services (Sydney) 2004 Attorney Generals International Trade Law Symposium (Canberra) Australian Leadership Retreat (Hayman Island) Australia China Free Trade Agreement Conference (Sydney) International Conference on Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific (Perth) Adelaide WTO Law and Economic Symposium (Adelaide)
2003
Annual Conference of the Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre (Shenzhen) Annual Conference of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center (Shanghai) Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference (Cancun) Conference on Managing Global Trade (Washington) Conference on Free Trade Areas and United States Policy (Washington) Stanford University Workshop on the EU, the US and the WTO (Palo Alto) OECD-APEC Forum on Policy Frameworks for the digital Economy (Honolulu)
Mr Jim Redden
Senior Program Manager
Mr keith Wilson
Senior International Trade Law counsellor
Andrew Stoler is the Executive director of the Institute for International Trade and holds the title of Professor of International Trade at the University of Adelaide. Mr Stoler is a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia and sits on the Advisory Board of the European Centre for International Political Economy, the Advisory Board of Stanford Universitys GATT digital Library, and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre and a Senior Advisor to the Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre. He is also a founding member of the International Academic Advisory Committee of the University of Sydneys United States Studies Centre. In 2008, Mr Stoler was a member of the Australian Trade Ministers FTA Reference Group and 2005 - 2007 he served for two years on the Australian Foreign Ministers Aid Advisory Council. In 20092010 Andrew Stoler served as a part-time Associate Commissioner of the Australian Productivity Commission in connection with the Commissions review of bilateral and regional trade agreements. Over the course of a long career in international trade, he has served as deputy director-General of the Genevabased World Trade Organization (19992002) and as a senior official of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President (Washington, dC). He holds an MBA in International Business from George Washington University and a BSFS in International Economic Affairs from Georgetown University.
Jim Redden, while originally from Adelaide, has worked in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Australia in both public and private sectors in the fields of development economics, international trade and foreign aid. during his time as a lobbyist in Canberra for international development organisations he served on the Australian Governments WTO Advisory Committee and has attended and closely monitored events at doha, Cancun and Hong Kong WTO Ministerial meetings. He regularly ran trade training workshops for dFAT and AusAId officials and before leaving Canberra Jim worked as a trade and development consultant assisting industry associations and advocacy groups on policy development and the building of effective political relationships. In 2004 Jim assisted the now Foreign Minister, Hon Kevin Rudd MP with policy and speeches , on trade and development matters before returning to Adelaide where he has taken up the post of Adjunct Senior Lecturer and director of International Programs (China) with the Institute for International Trade at the University of Adelaide. He lectures in international trade, business and international development policy, coordinates tailored trade related training programs for developing country officials and has completed a diverse portfolio of research projects including recent work on ASEAN Business Services, Uneven Growth in APEC, Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia Pacific region and on the potential impact of Free Trade Agreements for the economy of South Australia.
Keith is a lawyer with over 20 years experience in international law and international relations in the fields of international trade law, transport, air and space law, security and disarmament, human rights and public accountability. He has held positions in the government and private sectors, in international organisations and as an international training and development consultant. Keith has delivered training programs in over 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific and other regions, including on WTO law and negotiation, trade, environment and economic laws at Hanoi Law College in the process of Vietnams preparations for accession to the WTO. He has also been a visiting lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate international law courses at the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, and the University of South Pacific, and in law, diplomacy and fellowship programs for several UK- and European-based universities including London, Oxford and The Hague. Keith has a combined Law/Arts degree from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public International Law from the University of Leiden. He has worked previously in trade and commercial litigation in private practice, in international trade law and policy at the Commonwealth AttorneyGenerals department in the Office of International Law, and in government relations and political affairs for the OPCW, an international chemical disarmament organisation based in the Netherlands. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1986. Keith has been engaged recently on business development planning and training delivery in Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Pacific Island countries for Australian and offshore clients. He joined IIT in May, 2009.
Board of Governors
Mr Ross Adler, Ac deputy Chancellor, The University of Adelaide Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Amtrade International Pty Ltd Professor Kym Anderson George Gollin Professor of Economics, School of Economics, The University of Adelaide Mr Robert champion de crespigny, Ac Mr Peter corish Former President, National Farmers Federation Mr Brian croser, AO
Ms Anita Pagnani
Academic Program Manager
Anita joined the Institute for International Trade in November 2010 as the Academic Program Manager. She previously worked as an Admissions Officer in the International Office. Anitas role is to oversee the administration of the Institutes postgraduate academic programs. Anita completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006 and other than travel, she has been working in educational institutions ever since. Anita specialises in admissions, and is passionate about learning, education and student experience.
Mr Maurice crotti Managing director, San Remo Macaroni Company Mr John Dawkins, AO director, Government Relations Australia Mrs christine Gallus Former Member for Hindmarsh Mr Bruce Gosper deputy Secretary, department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Professor Graeme Hugo director, The National Centre for Social Applications of Geographical Information Systems, The University of Adelaide Mr Mark Johnson, AO Chairman, Alinta; director, Westfield Group Mr Melvin Mansell Editor, The Advertiser Professor James McWha Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Adelaide Mr Tom Phillips Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd Ms colleen Ryan Australian Financial Review
Vanessa joined the Institute for International Trade in October 2009 as the Academic Program Manager. She previously worked as the Student Program Advisor in the Professions Student Support Hub-Postgraduate in the Faculty of Professions. She now oversees the administration of the Institutes postgraduate academic programs. After completing her Bachelors in Psychology and Honours Philosophy degrees in 2004 Vanessa joined the University of Adelaide as a Student Advisor. Working for the Faculty of Engineering Computer and Mathematical Science, School of Economics and Postgraduate Professions Student Support Hub, Vanessa developed an adept knowledge of student administrative services, program pathways and student experience.
Ms Marie Gutsche
Personal Assistant and Office Manager
Marie has been with the Institute since it began operation in January 2003 as Office Manager/PA. She has worked for the University of Adelaide since 1985 in various administration departments. Marie is the frontline point for all students and visitors to the Institute. She has extensive experience, a sound knowledge and a good understanding of the workings of the university, its campuses, administrative procedures and policies.
Ms Lydia Jaloshin
Administrative Assistant
Lydia joined the Institute for International Trade in November 2010 as the office administrative assistant. While originally from Australia, she had spent nearly 17 years in the USA in both the private and public sectors. Her duties ranged from Administration, Personal Assistant and Office Manager through to Sales and Marketing. Lydia brings many years of extensive office experience to our team and her International experience, understanding and knowledge is an attribute to the Institute.
Ms Marie-Isabelle Pellan
Former visiting WTO Fellow (August 2010-February 2011)
Marie-Isabelle joined the Institute in August 2010 as the 7th Visiting WTO Fellow while on leave from WTO where she has been employed since 2000. Marie-Isabelle is Counsellor in the Trade and Environment division. From 2005-2010, she served as Secretary to the Committee dealing with Trade and Environment negotiations under the doha development Agenda. As part of her duties she also delivered training and technical assistance to WTO member governments in her area of expertise. Prior to joining WTO, Marie-Isabelle worked in the legal team of Bombardier Transportation in Brussels. She holds a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as Bachelors degrees in common law and civil law from McGill University. She is fluent in French, English and Spanish.
Ral Torres Troconis served as the 6th Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the WTO development division. Before joining the Institute, Ral was a Counsellor in development division of the WTO, working on issues concerning the international trade integration of Small, Vulnerable Economies and Landlocked developing Countries. He has been employed by WTO since July 1996, starting with the Rules division where he worked for 8 years on issues related to Anti-dumping, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Safeguards, and State Trading Enterprises. Prior to joining the WTO, Ral worked for Venezuelas Instituto de Comercio Exterior and participated in the Foreign Associate Program of Morrison & Foerster in its Washington d.C. office. He holds a degree in law from Universidad Catlica Andrs Bello (Caracas) and an LL.M. from Georgetown University. He has contributed to books on the WTO and the Multilateral Trading System and published articles on Anti-dumping and duty Free Zones. Ral is fluent in Spanish, English and French, and has an intermediate level of Italian and Portuguese.
at the Supreme Court of Canada in 1993-94. Ms. donaldson has contributed to books on WTO dispute settlement, writing in particular on procedures for appellate review.
Mr John Finn
Former visiting WTO Fellow (August 2007-February 2008)
John completed an assignment as a Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the Agriculture and Commodities division of the WTO where he has worked since 1998. At the WTO, he was responsible for the administrative work associated with the negotiations on agriculture which are part of the doha development Agenda. In addition, he has extensive experience with training and other technical co-operation related work for the Member governments of the WTO. Before joining the WTO Secretariat he worked for the Irish department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry as an economic analyst and as the agriculture attach in the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva. He is married with two children.
Ms Victoria Donaldson
Former visiting WTO Fellow (February 2008-July 2008)
Victoria served as the 5th Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat. Before joining Victoria worked as a Counsellor at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO since 1999. From 1996-1999 she practiced law with the Brussels office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, and from 1995-1996 with Russell & DuMoulin in Vancouver. Ms. donaldson obtained Bachelors degrees in Law from the University of Oxford and the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. She served as a law clerk to Mr. Justice Peter de Carteret Cory
Hoe Lim completed an assignment as Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the WTO Secretariat where he has been employed since 1999. He has held several positions in the WTO, most recently as Counsellor in the Trade in Services division with responsibilities for regional trade agreements in services, mutual recognition arrangements and education services. Between 2001-2005, he served in the Office of the WTO director-General where he was consecutively deputy to the Chef de Cabinet of Mr Mike Moore and Counsellor to dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi. during that time he also served as adviser to the Eminent Persons Consultative Board on The Future of the WTO. Before joining the WTO, he was Senior Economic
Affairs Officer of the G-15 Summit Level Group of developing Countries. He has also been an economic consultant to various UN specialised agencies including the International Labour Organization, United Nations development Programme and UNCTAd. He holds a Masters in International Economic Management from the University of Birmingham, a post-graduate diploma in Financial Economics from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Land Management from the University of Reading. He is fluent in Malaysian, French and intermediate Mandarin.
Negotiations Committee overseeing the current doha Round of WTO trade negotiations and supporting the work of the WTO General Council. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in International Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and a Master of Philosophy International Relations from Cambridge University in the UK. He is fluent in danish, English, French, German and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of Mandarin.
industries information technology, telecommunications, creative industries, network industries and infrastructure. SKC specialises in applied microeconomics including qualitative modelling. Simons work emphasises exposition of underlying economic theory, analytical transparency and accessible arguments. His consulting work includes research and training on international trade and poverty reduction with particular respect to the Asia Pacific region with a focus on the relationship between economic efficiency measures, trade measures and trade facilitation (includes research work on APEC, ASEAN and Pacific trade agreements).
Associate Experts
Mr Peter Gallagher
Associate Expert & visiting Lecturer
Ms Dariel De Sousa
Former visiting WTO Fellow (May-October 2006)
dariel de Sousa completed an assignment (from May to October 2006) working with the Institute while on leave from the WTO Secretariat. She commenced employment with the WTO Secretariat in 1999 with the Intellectual Property division, where she worked in the areas of intellectual property, competition policy and government procurement. From 2002 to 2006, she was employed in the Legal Affairs division, where she was a Counsellor working on the resolution of disputes between members of the WTO concerning compliance with their obligations under the WTO Agreements. She holds undergraduate degrees in law and mechanical engineering from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) and postgraduates degrees in law and business administration from Oxford University and Yale University respectively.
Mr Peter Pedersen
Former visiting WTO Fellow (January-July 2005)
Peter Gallagher is an internationally recognized expert operating out of Melbourne, where he provides analysis and advice on international trade, public policy and business communications. His clients include Australian food companies, industry organisations, government agencies and international institutions. After pursuing a diplomatic career with the department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over more than two decades Mr. Gallagher headed the Australian dairy Industry Council and taught at the Business School of the University of Melbourne prior to establishing his business. Peter is the author of numerous publications on international trade issues and has participated in several trade capacitybuilding projects in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He holds degrees in law and philosophy from the Australian National University and the University of Sydney. Peter teaches two courses in the Institutes MITd program.
Mr Simon Molloy
Associate Expert
Peter Pedersen completed an assignment working with IIT while on leave from the WTO Secretariat where he has been employed since July, 1996. In his most recent position with the WTO, he has served as Counsellor in the Council and Trade Negotiations division responsible for supporting the work of the Trade
Simon Molloy is an economist with 20 years of experience consulting in media, telecommunications, information technology and creative industry economics. He is principal of Systems Knowledge Concepts Pty Ltd, an economic analysis consultancy with a focus on network and infrastructure
Letizia worked in international services marketing for 15 years before becoming an international lawyer. After interning in the WTO Legal Affairs division, she returned to Australia to teach law, international relations and diplomacy. Her teaching area of expertise is World Trade Organization Law, International Trade & Business Law and Competition Law, Negotiations and Trade Policy. She has taught at several Australian universities, delivered a number of WTO law and policy courses to Chinese Government officials and consulted to the Queensland Government on WTO issues. In 2002, she was appointed Asia-Pacific Academic Supervisor of the WTO Law global mooting competition that seeks to develop the next generation of trade lawyers and negotiators. Letizia holds a Bachelor degree and Postgraduate diploma in Law, a Masters degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade and is currently completing her doctoral studies in International Trade and Educational Services. She was admitted as Barrister-at-Law to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1997. Letizia was the Inaugural Senior International Trade Law Counsellor at the Institute for International Trade from April 2007-March 2009 where she worked on numerous trade policy and trade law issues as well as taught in the School of Law Masters Program on International Trade Law.
Mr Graeme A Thomson
Associate Expert & visiting Lecturer
Mr uwe kaufmann
Research Assistant
Principal, Graeme Thomson and Associates, International Trade and Government Relations Consultants, Canberra. He is a former senior official of the department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with nearly four decades of experience as a negotiator for Australia in bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements. Mr. Thomson was Chief Negotiator for Australia on the accession of China and Chinese Taipei to the World Trade Organisation. He holds degrees in economics and politics from the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University. Graeme teaches portions of three courses in the Institutes MITd program.
Mr Geoff Upton
Associate Expert & visiting Lecturer
dr Peter van diermen is a development Economist with over 20 years international experience providing team leadership, technical assistance and policy advice for governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and national and regional chambers of commerce and nongovernment organisations. He has worked extensively with policy makers at Ministerial and heads of department level, as well as, with numerous businesses. He specializes in analysing and promoting an enabling environment for businesses, developing trade policies, advising on economic policy reform and developing appropriate national and regional strategies and policies. Peter van diermen has worked as an academic in the field of applied development economics in several leading Australian and New Zealand Universities. He has published extensively on a wide variety of economic topics and has frequently lectured and presented seminars on issues related to improving the business environment, including topics on SMEs, trade and regulatory reforms. He has published more than 50 pieces of writing, including a large number of refereed journal articles and several books.
Uwe joined the University of Adelaide in February 2009 as a Phd candidate in the School of Economics. His research interests are international trade and development economics with a focus on Rules of Origin of Australias free trade agreements and potentials of trade liberalization in the Pacific. With the special interest of the economies of the Pacific Island countries and the impact of free trade agreements in the Pacific region (PACER Plus and EPAs) Uwe found his way to the Institute for International Trade as an economic adviser for the Pacific region. Before coming to Adelaide, he spent several years in the Pacific. He studied at the University of the South Pacific (USP) from which he holds a Masters of Commerce in Economics. during his stay in Fiji, Uwe worked as a research assistant for Professor Ron duncan, former executive director of the Pacific Institute for development and Governance, USP and has worked on several Pacific related studies for the World Bank, the IMF, the Asian development Bank and the International Labor Organization. Uwe also worked on several projects as a research assistant for Professor Satish Chand, Australian National University. Uwe has an undergraduate degree in Business and Economics from the Phillips University of Marburg, Germany and spent one year as an exchange student in Houston, Texas. He has published several research papers on the topic of international trade, Australias Free Trade Agreements, the Economic Analysis and WTO Arbitration Cases and the impact of free trade in the Pacific. He recently co-authored a book in 2011 on Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA) and Regional Integration.
Geoff Upton is a founding director of Trade Focus International, a trade consultancy and a former State Manager for South Australia for the Australian Trade Commission, Austrade. Geoff has assisted Australian businesses in export markets over a long career including overseas postings with the private sector and with Austrade in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. He has extensive operational, marketing and export training experience and has led many overseas trade missions. His expert knowledge of the technical requirements of exporting, his long years of real-life experience and his hundreds of personal contacts around the world make him uniquely qualified to offer practical assistance to exporters. Geoff teaches part of one of the courses in the Institutes MITd program and also lectures in International Business topics at undergraduate and postgraduate level at the Flinders Business School, Flinders University.
Research Assistants
Ms Mara Teresa nunes Briceo
Research Assistant
Maria has been with the Institute on a parttime basis since mid 2008. She has been involved in different IIT research projects. She holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the Central University of Venezuela. Previously she was a trade specialist with the Ministry of Light Industries and Trade in Venezuela and also spent time working as an intern in the General Secretariat of the Andean Community in Peru.
puBLiCaTiONS
Andrew L. Stoler, Una perspectiva sobre el regionalismo y el multilateralismo desde la regin Asia-Pacfico in Roberto Bouzas, editor, Despus de Doha: la agenda emergente del sistema de comercio internacional, (Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2007), pp. 105-137. Andrew L. Stoler, The Central Place of Market Access for the WTOs development Round, in Yasuhei Taniguchi, Alan Yanovich and Jan Bohanes, editors, The WTO in the Twentyfirst Century, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 319-327. Andrew L. Stoler, Preferential Trade Agreements and the Role and Goals of the World Trade Organization, in M.A.B. Siddique, editor, Regionalism, Trade and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific Region, (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007), pp. 25-36. Andrew L. Stoler, The Australia - United States FTA as a Third Wave Trade Agreement: Beyond the WTO Envelope, in Andrew d. Mitchell, editor, Challenges and Prospects for the WTO, (London, Cameron May, 2005), pp. 253-268. Andrew L. Stoler, Australia - US Free Trade: Benefits and Costs of an Agreement, in Jeffrey J. Schott, editor, Free Trade Agreements - US Strategies and Priorities, (Washington, Institute for International Economics, 2004), pp. 95-116. Andrew L. Stoler, The WTO dispute settlement process: did the negotiators get what they wanted?, in Richard Blackhurst, editor, World Trade Review, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 99-118. Andrew L. Stoler, Australia - USA Free Trade: Competitive Liberalisation at Work in 2003 in Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Vol 10, No 4 (Canberra, the Australian National University, 2003), pp. 291-306.
BOOkS
Andrew L. Stoler, Jim Redden and Lee Ann Jackson, editors, Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region: Case studies and lessons from low-income communities, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009) Peter Gallagher, Patrick Low and Andrew Stoler, editors, Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation: 45 Case Studies, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Andrew L. Stoler, The Evolution of Subsidies disciplines in the GATT and the WTO, in Journal of World Trade, Vol. 44 No.4. (The Netherlands, Kluwer Law International, 2010), pp. 797-808. Peter Gallagher and Andrew Stoler, Critical Mass as an Alternative Framework for Multilateral Trade Negotiations, in Global Governance, Vol. 15 No.3, Boulder, Co., Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009), pp. 375-392. Pham Van Sam and Andrew L. Stoler, Vietnam: Intel and the Electronics Sector, in Andrew L. Stoler, Redden, Jim , and Jackson Lee Ann, editors, Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. 175-191. Andrew L. Stoler, Enhancing the Operation of the WTO Panel Process and Appellate Review: Lessons from Experience and a Focus on Transparency, in Merit E. Janow, Victoria donaldson and Alan Yanovich, editors, The WTO: Governance, Dispute Settlement and Developing Countries, (New York, Juris Publishing, 2008), pp. 525-542.
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