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Madam President, the history of trade in goods, both in primitive societies and in developed societies, shows that wherever such trade is based on fair rules it helps these societies survive and develop. There is no doubt on this score.
In our group we believe that the free and fair trade for which the EU strives is also contributing at present to reducing poverty in many regions of the world. There are instances of failure, of course, but they are primarily due to the failure to implement fair rules rather than to the trade
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In our view, the overtones of the report drafted by Mr Markov appeared on first sight to be that free trade exacerbates poverty rather than reducing it. Our group rejected this position. However, after discussions and amendments to the report, it now sounds better, and, together with the proposed amendments that I believe will be adopted tomorrow, it will be acceptable to our group. It is also obvious that while trade is not the only way of reducing poverty, it can make a major contribution.
In conclusion I would like to propose that we give free, and I repeat free, trade a chance, so that it can help to eliminate poverty.
In English, that is ‘let us establish free and fair trade to make poverty history’."@en1
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