Media - Press Releases, Statements and Speeches
2008
Cairns Group Statement to the Open Ended Session of Agriculture Negotiations, 15 February 2008
Cairns Group Statement to the Open Ended Session of Agriculture Negotiations, 11 January 2008
2007
Cairns Group Statement to the General Council, 18 December 2007
Mr Truss, Chair of the Cairns Group, welcomes new Cairns Group Proposals on Food Aid and Export Credits, 28 May 2007
Cairns Group Releases New WTO Proposal on Tropical Products, 19 March 2007
Cairns Group Market Access Proposal on Sensitive Products, 9 March 2007
Cairns Group Statement - Accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, 1 March 2007
Cairns Group Statement to the General Council, 7 February 2007
2006
Mr Truss, Chair of the Cairns Group, Welcomes Peru to the Cairns Group, 22 November 2006
Communique, 20th Anniversary Ministerial Meeting, Cairns, 20-22 September 2006
Cairns Group Statement on WTO Talks , Geneva, 28 June
Joint G20 - Cairns Group Schedule for the Elimination of All Forms of Export Subsidies, 18 May
Cairns Group Statement, Informal Heads of Delegation, Geneva, 24 April
Statement to the Trade Negotiations Committee, 28 March
2005
Joint Statement by The Cairns Group and G20, 16 December
Communiqué 28th Ministerial Meeting, 14 December
Cairns Group welcomes Pakistan to its ranks, 14 December
Open Letter from Cairns Group Ambassadors, 30 November
Statement to the Trade Negotiations Committee, 30 November
Statement on behalf of the Cairns Group, 9 November 2005
Cairns Group urges EU to think again to avert a crisis, 21 October 2005
Statement by Australia on behalf of the Cairns Group
Trade Negotiations Committee, 28 July 2005
G8: Trade message needs to be told, 6 July 2005
EU Export Subsidies:
A Step Backwards, 9 February 2005
2004
Cairns Group Ministerial Communique
San Jose, Costa Rica,
23-25 February 2004
Cairns Group Ambassadors Statement
Geneva,
19 January 2004
2003
Cairns Group Ambassadors Statement
Geneva, 17 December 2003
Cairns Group statement to the United Nations General Assembly
3 November 2003
Key points made on behalf of the Cairns Group
on release of the second revision of
the Draft Cancun Ministerial Text
13 September 2003
Cancun: A Moment of Choice
25th Ministerial Meeting - Communique
Cancun, Mexico,
9 September 2003
Statement to Cairns Group Ministers
Cancun, Mexico,
8 September 2003
2002
Cairns Group and Uganda Agree on Agriculture Reform
21 October 2002
Opening Ceremony Address by the Cairns Group Chair
Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile
Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
Saturday, 19 October 2002
Cairns Group Condemns United States Farm Bill
Geneva,
15 May 2002
2001
Cairns Group Ministers Welcome Mandate on Agriculture
Doha, Qatar,
14 November 2001
Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting Press Conference
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Doha,
9 November 2001
2000
UNGA 55: Cairns Group Statement on Trade and Development
Speech by Alan Ferguson, Australian Delegation to the United Nations on behalf of the Cairns Group at the UN General Assembly 55 - New York, 26 October 2000
Cairns Group Statement on Multifunctionality
Delivered by the Australian Minister for the Environment Senator the Hon Robert Hill at the Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development
New York, 26 April 2000
1999
Disappointment, but Negotiations on Agriculture will Proceed
Media Release by the Cairns Group at the WTO Ministerial, Seattle, USA, 3 December 1999
The WTO Agricultural Negotiations - Cairns Group Aspirations
Speech by Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Mark Vaile MP, to the IFAP Family Farmers' Summit on International Trade, Seattle, USA, 29 November 1999
Australia Backs Cairns Group Statement: EU Agriculture Reforms Disappointing
Media Release by the Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Tim Fischer MP, Canberra, Australia, 19 April 1999
1998
Statement by Cairns Group Ministers
Cairns Group Ministers welcome the agreement at the 2nd WTO Ministerial Conference to begin preparations for the next round of agriculture negotiations, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 May 1998
Statement to the WTO Ministerial Conference
Statement by Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Tim Fischer MP, to the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 May 1998
Cairns Group Farm Leaders Dinner Speech
Address by Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Tim Fischer MP, to the Cairns Group QBE Dinner, Sydney, Australia, 3 April 1998 (Cairns Group Farm Leaders website)
The Beginning of the End? The New Push for Trade Liberalisation in Agriculture
Address by the President of the National Farmers' Federation of Australia, Mr Donald McGauchie, to the QBE Cairns Group Dinner, Sydney, Australia, 3 April 1998 (Cairns Group Farm Leaders website)
Cairns Group Opening Speech
Address by the Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Tim Fischer MP, to the Cairns Group Opening Session, Sydney, Australia, 2 April 1998 (Cairns Group Farm Leaders website)
South Africa Joins the Cairns Group of Agricultural Countries,
Media Release by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Canberra, Australia, 2 February 1998
Cairns Group Pushes for Further Free Trade,
Media Release by the Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Tim Fischer MP, Canberra, Australia, 4 June 1997