First Joint Commission Meeting of the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement
The first Joint Commission Meeting of the Australia – Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement was held virtually on 29 June 2022.
Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' report on the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement and associated Investment Agreement
On 19 February 2020, the Government response to the report was published. The Government accepted the recommendation that binding treaty acting in the case of the A-HKFTA and Investment Agreement.
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' report on the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement and associated Investment Agreement
On 9 October 2019 the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' report on the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement (A-HKFTA) and the associated Investment Agreement, as well as the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, was tabled in Parliament. The Committee recommended binding treaty acting in the case of the A-HKFTA and Investment Agreement.
Read more: Report 186 IA-CEPA and A-HKFTA Joint Standing Committee on Treaties [Word 214KB] | [PDF 788KB]
Statement to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' Inquiry into the A-HKFTA and the associated Investment Agreement
On 9 September 2019, Ms Elizabeth Ward, Chief Negotiator, Regional Trade Agreements Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and representatives of other Australian Government agencies appeared before the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.
Read more: Opening statement delivered to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties [Word 32 KB] | [PDF 76 KB]
Signing of A-HKFTA and the Investment Agreement
Then Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, signed the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement and the associated Investment Agreement with then Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau in Sydney on 26 March 2019.