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Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, I should like to congratulate Mr Papastamkos on his excellent report. As draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Development, I am pleased that the development component has been given the prominent position that is its due.
That trade can make a contribution in the areas of development, poverty reduction and achieving the Millennium Objectives is not a matter of dispute. It does remain a tricky subject, though, because whilst the interests of the different countries do not always run parallel, law and order do remain important in world trade. Everyone benefits from fair rules in trade. That is why the multilateral trade framework remains of vital importance, particularly in the case of developing countries, and that is why we must make an all-out effort to finish this year’s Doha round on a positive note.
I was hopeful of this, but am now growing increasingly worried. We are nearly four months down the line and hardly any progress has been made, and Rio has not yielded enough results either apparently. A great deal is left to be done in many areas, including, as the Commissioner has already pointed out, the working out of a special and differential treatment for support to the least developed countries, in particular, to enhance the trade and negotiating capacity with regard to trade-disruptive subsidies, such as internal support, etc. These topics need to be further negotiated and none of this should depend on a result in agriculture or Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) alone.
Mr Lamy warned us recently that failure to achieve the three key targets by the agreed deadline of 11 April is a recipe for the round’s failure. He mentioned in this respect internal support, market access for agricultural products and industrial tariffs. Europe, the US and more developed developing countries should shoulder their responsibility in this respect.
I am still hopeful of a positive outcome this year. Europe’s commitment is solid, but without efforts on the part of all key players, no result can be achieved at multilateral level that can make or break the weaker developing countries. Let us continue to work for a successful round with a good result, especially for the sake of the poor countries."@en1
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