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Mr Purvis is forcing me to comment on press articles, which is always extremely dangerous, but let us say that, once again, I am not entirely in agreement with what is written in the
. This has happened before and it will certainly happen again. At this stage, I believe that it would be excessive to describe the measures that the Americans have taken as a turning point in their trade policy. At least that is what we were told, when we met with them, both by Mr Bush at the European Union summit, and Mr Zoellick, with whom I speak on a regular basis. I personally feel that the measures were primarily taken as a result of election fever – which I hope will pass – rather than a complete change of direction.
In fact, the outcome, Mr Purvis, will be determined in a few weeks’ time when the last word will be spoken on the issue of Fast Track legislation, which is now called Trade Promotion Authority. When Congress, namely the Senate and the House, decides to grant the American Administration the authority to negotiate both multilaterally and bilaterally, we will see, essentially, whether American policy continues to practice trade liberalism, which has, admittedly, occasionally deviated from the accepted path, as usual, to protect United States’ interests, or if, on the other hand, we shall again experience much more testing times, in which case our own options will certainly be reviewed very carefully."@en1
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