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dcterms:Date	"2008-02-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU Market access for European Companies (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080218.26.1-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-02-18-Speech-1-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Corien Wortmann-kool2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-03-28--2008-03-12)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2007-03-11--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; INTA (2007-04-11--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the new market access strategy of the Commission should really help to remove barriers in third countries. It is, therefore, as the Commissioner says, an appropriate addition to the WTO and an important addition to free trade agreements. I am very pleased with the positive report from Parliament, and would like to thank our rapporteur, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, who also managed to set out such clear priorities: better cooperation with European businesses and more support for small and medium-sized enterprises; the help-desk at the Commission but also on the ground in the third countries. I think that the European Institute in China for small and medium-sized European companies is an excellent Commission initiative. It is a matter of reciprocity. We open up our market to third countries and then the markets in those third countries should also be opened up to our European companies, especially in the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and Russia. We should therefore give this priority in the market access strategy, with market access teams that will assist European companies in those countries. This means that we have to put in sufficient personnel to do this, including in those European embassies, as you already said. European business is the biggest exporter in the world and we have to compete constantly against protectionist measures, even in those third countries. Set your priorities for the areas that are important: services, public procurement, investments, intellectual property and customs procedures. I am pleased that you have announced that you will report to us annually and it would be good to discuss the priorities once a year. You have demonstrated ambition here and that is a precious thing to us. I really hope that you also show ambition when it comes to adapting the trade defence instruments, the same ambition as you have shown in this strategy."@en1

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