Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-23-Speech-3-349"
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"Madam President, the WTO has many flaws but surely its most ludicrous defect is the unfair advantage which it gives to China, India and Brazil by affording them the favourable status of developing countries. They once were emerging economies but today they have very definitely emerged and can compete with the best. Indeed, so successful are they that they are world leaders in several fields. Yet, inexplicably, we give them a free ride as developing countries and in consequence accept lower standards and commitments from them.
There is little wonder that my constituents often see the WTO as not meeting or serving their interests, a feeling which is accentuated when they watch unmatched concession after concession on agricultural issues by Commissioner Mandelson.
Commissioner, getting the right deal is more important than getting a deal. It will not be the right deal if it washes away our agri-food industry under an incoming tide of cheap imports from countries we treat more favourably than their robust economic capacity requires."@en1
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