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"Colombia and Central America will completely alter their trade relations with the European Union, opening markets through eliminating tariff barriers and facilitating trade. This report, drafted by Mr Leichtfried, concerns the proposal for a regulation of Parliament and of the Council which applies the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas in the association agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other. As the rapporteur mentions, these agreements raised some technical and philosophical problems. They raised technical problems because we need to protect European producers from unfair competition and make the safeguard clauses work; and philosophical problems because on top of trade policy, we must include obligations regarding human rights, working conditions, the environment, and so on. While the outermost European regions are in a somewhat vulnerable competitive situation, the existence of safeguard clauses in accordance with World Trade Organisation provisions protects them. I voted in favour as there will be more transparency through comprehensive monitoring by the Commission, which will present a report on this trade before Parliament every year."@en1
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