House of Representatives
Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008
Explanatory Memorandum
Circulated By Authority of the Minister for Home Affairs, the Honourable Brendan O'Connor MpThe Members of ASEAN are Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Australia's FTA with New Zealand (ANZCERTA) already provides for free trade in goods and services.
All ASEAN countries are members of the WTO with the exception of Laos, which has observer status and is undertaking accession negotiations.
All ASEAN countries are members of APEC except Burma, Cambodia and Laos.
All ASEAN countries are EAS participants, along with Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea.
The share of foreign lawyers in Indonesian law firms must not exceed 20 per cent and must be limited to five foreign lawyers per firm.
Agriculture, architecture, building, business administration, management, computer science, construction, information systems, dental services, economics, education, engineering, environmental, surveying, health, community services, land and marine resources, animal husbandry, language studies, law, legal studies, life sciences, manufacturing, mathematics, medical science, medicine, multi-field education, nursing, pharmacy, physical sciences, science, services, culinary and hospitality, transport, veterinary science, visual and performing arts.