Trade and Assistance Review 2006-07

Contents

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Preface, Contents, Abbreviations, Key points

1   Introduction

2   Assistance estimates
2.1   Tariff assistance
2.2   Australian Government budgetary assistance
2.3   Agricultural pricing and regulatory assistance
2.4   Combined assistance

3   Recent developments in general industry assistance
3.1   R&D and its commercialisation
3.2   New technologies
3.3   Export marketing and international business integration
3.4   Energy-related assistance
3.5   Assistance to tourism
3.6   Automotive assistance
3.7   Support for film and television production
3.8   Regional adjustment assistance
3.9   Small business support
3.10   Anti-dumping and countervailing measures

4   Selected developments in assistance for rural industries
4.1   Drought relief
4.2   The Agriculture - Advancing Australia package
4.3   Industry-specific assistance
          wheat
          pigmeat
          wool
          horses
          forests
          food
4.4   Assistance for rural resource management

5   Recent developments in trade policy
5.1   Trade agreements
5.2   WTO Trade Policy Review of Australia

6   Some issues in designing and reviewing industry assistance
6.1   The evolution of industry assistance
6.2   'Productive' industry assistance
6.3   Areas of assistance for review

A   Detailed budgetary assistance estimates

B   Antidumping and countervailing activity

References