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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too should like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur. Europe today needs to clarify where it stands in the globalised economy.
As socialists – and I was shadow rapporteur for the Socialist Group in the European Parliament – we unequivocally advocate the World Trade Organisation’s multilateral framework. The relative deadlock, however, on the Doha talks has led the Commission and our main partners to seek temporary solutions by means of bilateral or regional trade agreements. This is clearly not the ideal strategy and it will only be acceptable if the agreements are compatible with the success of the Doha talks and include minimum environmental and social conditions conforming to the internationally recognised standards such as decent work.
I should like to point out, however, that the unilateral review of trade defence instruments, as the rapporteur said, is totally inappropriate. Furthermore, it must be inferred that the economically powerful partners, that is to say those with negotiating power equivalent to that of the European Union, are to be treated differently from the least developed countries or those with serious development problems.
With regard to the former – Korea, India, Brazil, Mexico, China and Indonesia – the time has come for the EU to demand a measure of reciprocity in the areas of market access, respect for intellectual property, compliance with trade rules, investment policy and competition. Europe’s citizens demand this. However, this reciprocity can never be required of vulnerable countries or those with development problems. On the contrary, this strategy will give the EU extra responsibilities in relation to such countries; the EU must make it possible for international trade to be used to speed up development in these countries.
Of course, it will not be easy to strike a balance between these objectives. I hope it will be possible, however, to find a spirit of compromise and sufficient consensus between the various political groups, so that the European citizens we represent in this Chamber can feel more secure in the face of the uncertainties of globalisation."@en1
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