Events

In early June Germany hosts the annual G-8 summit. This summit meeting is an occasion for Germany to demonstrate the profile of its foreign economic policy. Germany is an inexperienced leader of multilateral economic policy, but has now stepped out of the post-Cold War context of entrenched regionalism.

The Australian experience of Free Trade Agreements increasingly is relevant for Europe as the EU now has launched new FTA negotiations with several countries in Asia. Australia has been active on the FTA front in the Asian region. It has signed FTAs with Singapore and Thailand, and is currently negotiating with countries such as China and Japan.