Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-08-Speech-3-199"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Suspension of the WTO Doha Round (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081008.22.3-199"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-08-Speech-3-2002
lpv:speaker	lp:Derek Roland Clark2
lpv:spoken text	"The EU likes to throw its weight around when it comes to trade. Remember the six-year-long banana war with the US? That was after the EU gave special market access to its former colonies in the Caribbean. The Director-General of the WTO is former trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy. Is there not perhaps a conflict of interests? After all, his EU pension might depend on him not attacking EU policies. Could that have been a factor in his mind as he attempted to negotiate between trading blocs? Peter Mandelson blamed the collapse of the Doha Round on US agricultural subsidies. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! For decades the common agricultural policy has been stuffing the pockets of EU farmers with enormous subsidies. This was as much to blame for the collapse of the trade talks as anything else. Anyway, the last thing the EU should be doing is scoring points against other regions in trade wars at a time of global hunger and financial crisis."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Derek Roland Clark,"1 "on behalf of the IND/DEM Group"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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