Speeches

2012

April

Intervention at the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 19 April 2012
Australia's place in the transfer of power and influence from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Address to National University of Colombia. 17 April 2012
Why China is important to us. Address to the National Press Club. 3 April 2012

March

Australia and India in the Asian Century. The Australia India Institute's Inaugural Ben Chifley Memorial Lecture, Melbourne. 27 March 2012
Australia and Indonesia: working together in the Asian Century. Address to the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents' Club. 22 March 2012
Address to Australian services roundtable - Services and the Asian Century. 14 March 2012
Keynote Address to CEDA: Boosting Australia's Trade and Competitiveness. 6 March 2012

January

Keynote Address to the Australia Malaysia Business Council and the Malaysia Australia Business Council. 30 January 2012

2011

Ministers' Pledge Against Protectionism Press Conference. 15 December 2011
Address to the Plenary Session of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization. 15 December 2011
Speech to AusCham Hanoi. 13 December 2011
The next generation opportunities between Australia and China. Sydney China Business Forum 2011. 29 November 2011
Keynote address to the Indonesia Australia Business Council Conference/Australian Business Asia Regional Business Forum. 19 November 2011
APEC – delivering for the region. Address to the Australian APEC Study Centre, Melbourne. 17 November 2011
How to make APEC and the WTO work for business. Speech to the Asia-Pacific Business Symposium. Honolulu, Hawaii. 9 November 2011
Can free trade be fair?The Biennial Sir Alan Westerman Lecture in Australian Trade Policy, Canberra. 8 November 2011
Commonwealth Business Forum - Australia and the Commonwealth in the Asian Century. 25 October 2011
Asia, the G20 and Global and Regional Architecture. Keynote Address, Crawford School public forum, Australian National University. 19 August 2011
Food security in the Asian Century. 15 August 2011
Informal Consultations, East Asia Summit Economic Ministers. 13 August 2011
Opening Remarks to ASEAN Economic Ministers Closer Economic Relations Meeting. 13 August 2011
Launch of the Chinese language edition of Austrade's Australia's Banking Industry report. 10 August 2011
Address to officials and business delegates, Chongqing Reception. 9 August 2011
Australia-China 2.0 - A Sustainable Future: Australia-China Development Clean Technology and the Environment. The Sheraton Hotel, Changsha, Hunan Province. 6 August 2011
Opening address to the Australia-China 2.0 trade mission. Launch Event, Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou. 4 August 2011
Address to the Third China Trade in Services Congress. China World Trade Center, Beijing. 1 June 2011
High-skill, high-wage jobs in an open, competitive economy. Address to Australia China Business Council. 5 May 2011
Markets, trade and human progress. Address to the Centre for Independent Studies. 10 March 2011
Global Trade: Is Multilateralism Relevant? Address by Dr Emerson to the Partnership Summit. 24 January 2011

2010

The future of trade policy in an uncertain world, address to the Lowy Institute. 10 December 2010
Measures to revitalise SMEs and expectations about the role of SMEs in the context of APEC's Growth Strategy. 11 November 2010
Trade liberalisation the pathway to growth, jobs and prosperity. 4 October 2010
Panel presentation to the US Coalition of Service Industries Services Summit. 22 September 2010