AUSTRALIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRADE AGREEMENT JSCOT INQUIRY TABLED 24 JUN 2004

Report 61

The Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement

June 2004

D	Summary Reasons for Australia to take proposed Treaty Action

E	Submission Man Committee OIC XML & E-commerce Special Interest Group [XZIG]

F	Side-Letter May 18 on Chapter 15: Government Procurement


C	RESOLUTION OF APPOINTMENT

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:

	a) 	matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and
		proposed treaty actions presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament

	b) 	any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether
		or not negotiated to completion, referred to the Committee by:

		(i) either House of the Parliament, or

		(ii) a Minister; and

	c) 	such other matters as may be referred to the Committee by the Minister for
		Foreign Affairs and on such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.