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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-02-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of trade protection instruments (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080218.27.1-212"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-02-18-Speech-1-2132
lpv:speaker	lp:Tokia Saïfi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Commission has decided to postpone the project for the reform of the trade defence instruments and, Commissioner, I welcome this wise decision, for it will help maintain the fight against unfair competition. These instruments are indeed an essential part of the international trading system, for they ensure that companies, and more especially SMEs, which are the prime victims of dumping, are able to operate in a fair and stable competitive environment, which in turn ensures a healthy economy. I would therefore repeat what Mr Verheugen said at a conference on textiles that was held in Milan at the end of last week: ‘Trade defence instruments are beneficial for the competitiveness of our industries and can never be considered as instruments of protectionism.’ I believe indeed that this says it all. These instruments are not a disguised way of protecting Community industry from the free movement of international trade, but rather are intended as a way of improving its competitiveness by re-establishing normal competition conditions, as and when necessary. It is not therefore by weakening the implementation of these instruments that we will be better able to adapt the European Union’s trade policy to a changing global economy. In fact, quite the contrary, for the interests of the manufacturers would have been diluted and the measures that would have been taken could have indirectly encouraged industrial relocation and the migration of our centres of research and innovation. Europe has to play the role of protector in today’s globalised world. If we are to stay competitive we must not lower our guard in our dealings with partners but must respect the rules of fair and equitable international trade."@en1

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