Economy-wide effects of assistance to the textile, clothing and footwear industries
Work-in-progress technical workshop
On 28 May 2008, the Commission held a technical workshop to present some preliminary results and review the modelling undertaken for this study. Three referees attended the workshop — Philip Adams (Director at the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University), David Pearce (Director at the Centre for International Economics) and John Zeitsch (Concept Economics). Other participants at the workshop included representatives of the TCF Review and Secretariat, the Australian Government Treasury, and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Following the workshop, the referees provided written comments based on the preliminary simulations the Commission presented at the workshop. These comments are provided below (and a summary of these comments, and the Commission's response, is presented in Appendix B of the report for this study). The Commission finalised its report on the basis of these comments and discussion at the workshop.