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dcterms:Date	"2013-10-08"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20131008.42.2-561-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-10-08-Speech-2-562-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:William (The Earl of) Dartmouth2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as has been said, 26 Member States have individual bilateral investment agreements in force with China, and it would be a better use of everyone’s time if the Trade Commissioner dropped the attempt to negotiate an EU-China Investment Agreement and simply left it to the outstanding two, Latvia and Ireland, to negotiate their own agreement. But there is another vital point here. Switzerland has a trade agreement with China, New Zealand has a trade agreement with China, and in particular Iceland has a trade agreement with China. The fact is that a sovereign nation does not need to be part of a large trade bloc in order to sign trade agreements. Demonstrably, it is just not true. Iceland, as most of us know, has now suspended its application for EU Membership. In my view, it is a very wise decision. In the context just of trade, were Iceland to join the EU, it would then be obliged to abandon the trade agreement it already has with China. And so, colleagues, the message for the UK is very clear."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"William (The Earl of) Dartmouth (EFD ). -"1
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