Roundtable: Views from Australia and China on regional trade and investment
October 31 2019
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The Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) on October 31 2019 hosted a delegation from the PRC’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) for a roundtable discussion on regional trade cooperation, US-PRC trade tensions and PRC economic reform.
Participants exchanged views on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the US-PRC trade dispute and the PRC’s economic policy.
The discussion was conducted under the Chatham House Rule.
Roundtable participants
- Professor James Laurenceson, Acting Director, UTS:ACRI
- Dr Fujing Ye, Director & Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economy, NDRC
- Professor Jocelyn Chey, UTS:ACRI Advisory Board member and former Australian diplomat
- Ms Elena Collinson, Senior Project and Research Officer, UTS:ACRI
- Dr John Edwards, former RBA board member and HSBC Australia and New Zealand chief economist
- Ms Jianjun Ji, Associate Research Fellow, Institute for International Economy, NDRC
- Mr Dawei Li, Deputy Division Director & Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economy, NDRC
- Dr Wei Li, Lecturer, University of Sydney Business School
- Ms Xuchang Liu, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute for International Economy
- Dr Hui Ouyang, Division Director & Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Spatial Planning and Regional Economy, NDRC
- Dr Xunpeng Shi, Principal Research Fellow, UTS:ACRI
- Mr Qian Yuan, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute for International Economy, NDRC
- Mr Michael Zhou, Project and Research Officer, UTS:ACRI