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"Mr President, clearly, as the Commissioner and others have said, agricultural change remains the key to lifting millions of farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America out of poverty.
Realistically, Commissioner, until we in the rich world tackle the need for fairer and better access to our markets, there will be no prospect of a wider deal on industrial goods and services. A shift to regional trade deals would, as you and others have said, be a major step backwards and undermine the essential principle of non-discrimination. Such deals would exclude most of the world’s poorest countries, including ACP countries, which are of course by definition generally small, vulnerable and of little economic significance.
Before returning to the negotiations, Commissioner, the rich countries must deal with subsidies and dumping, especially as regards cotton. Also, there is an urgent need for a decision on Aid for Trade, with new money and with no strings attached. In addition, it needs to be understood, during the preparations, that the pace and scale of market opening is critical for developing countries, as is special and differential treatment and tariff protection.
Someone has mentioned the danger of a flood of trade complaints to the WTO, and it is my belief that there should be major reform of the sanction mechanism, which currently only comes into play when the complainant is a major player. ACP commodity-dependent countries know this full well and to their cost.
‘Waving or drowning’: it is sometimes very difficult to tell the difference. Multilateral agreement is essential. Regional, bilateral agreements are not what we are looking for.
You now face a formidable task, Commissioner, and one that will severely test your diplomatic and consensus-building skills, as well as those of others. We wish you well in that task."@en1
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