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"Mr President, I actually think that this report has come at the right time, firstly because Commissioner De Gucht will be meeting with the Chinese next week, but also because we, at the European Parliament, have been involved in the cross-party organisation of a High Level Forum with the Chinese and this report can therefore be offered for discussion there.
I also consider it to be a good report. That does not mean to say that I would sign up to everything in it, but I do think it is a good report which has focused on what is important: and as everyone has said, the issue of reciprocity is extremely important, with fair competition and clear rules; there is also everything that has been said about intellectual property rights, counterfeiting and piracy – issues I would gladly sign up to –, including urging the Chinese to introduce international rules in their legislation and ensuring that they are implemented; one final significant matter is getting European companies that have managed to penetrate the Chinese market to lead by example in terms of social and environmental standards – all of which is important – and, then, asking the Commission to improve bilateral coordination of its policies with China.
What I like in this report, and I say this because we are going to meet the Chinese, is that it is a report based on respect. It is a report that is honest, that is direct, that is respectful, and I think it is written in a language that our Chinese friends can understand, and even demand. I would all the same remind you that this is a great country, in every sense of the word, with nearly a billion and a half people, which has managed to get a third of its population out of poverty in a very short time and which, now, must do its utmost – and I, like my fellow Members, stress this, but with the greatest of respect – to tackle both the issue of social standards and human rights. China knows this. It has included some of these matters in its five-year plan, and we will be ready to discuss all these issues without any taboo."@en1
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