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"Mr President, I should like to thank the Commissioner, for being with us this evening. On CETA, I really have more questions than comments that I wish to put to you tonight. Firstly, it is strongly rumoured that the Council is not going to initial this text. I may be wrong, but I think this is the first time that the Council has not initialled a text at the end of the negotiations. I would be interested to know if that is for political reasons, or if it has objections to the text, or if the Council does not regard the text as having been concluded. If indeed it does not regard the text as having been concluded, is there a possibility that investor state disputes could still come out of the CETA-negotiated text? As you know, Commissioner, my group would find it much easier to put its weight behind CETA if ISDS was removed from the text.
We also have concerns in my group about generic medicines. We did hear from the chief negotiator in the Committee on International Trade, who gave me some reassurances, but I would like to hear from you tonight, Commissioner, that the CETA agreement will do nothing to limit Canadian production of generic medicines for the developing world.
We also believe that the sustainable development chapter in CETA could be improved. And we also have issues regarding non-trade irritants, such as the seal ban, the visa-free travel that is denied to some EU citizens, and the issue of tar sands. Again, although they are separate from the trade deal, we would like to hear the Commission say that it is still working on solving these issues outside of the CETA negotiations. Just to be absolutely clear, though – just like the Commissioner, just as was outlined on the list – I see many positives in CETA, not least the issue of GIs, not least the opportunities for small and medium-sized industries, not least the access that dairy products are being given to the market and the beneficial access that spirits will be given to this market. These are all good news. However, we have certain principles in our group. We understand that trade negotiations mean that compromises have to be made on both sides, but there are certain things that we will not compromise on."@en1
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