Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-13-Speech-1-065"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:WTO Millennium Round2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.3.1-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:James Elles2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I do not agree with those speakers who said that the Commission as our negotiator did us wrong so far as the European Union was concerned. On the contrary, I would support those who have said that not only did they have a coherent delegation to lead but that the practical arrangements for us – the largest Parliamentary delegation which had ever attended international trade talks – were to our mutual benefit. It looks as though we will have to wait for the new millennium now for a Millennium Round. Was it a victory, a disaster or an unexpected welcome break in Seattle? People are right to say that the procedure should have been better. We need better decision making. We need quicker dispute settlement procedures. However, it was the substance which was the problem: an overload of a traditional trade agenda with non-trade issues. Globalisation has led to a number of issues which touch the sovereignty of Nation States being put on a trade agenda. President Clinton's call for the enforcement of trade labour standards for developing countries and elsewhere in the world was the death knell of these talks. But linking these two together – procedure and substance – I welcome the Commissioner's support for a parliamentary body of some kind. This will not only help the democratic accountability of the WTO, help to provide an on-going interface with non-governmental organisations, but also help the gradual evolution of the non-trade concerns on the agenda. These are, after all, concerns of elected representatives. In this respect, it is an unexpected welcome break. But let us have no illusions. The US Administration is not going to change its position before the election. Nevertheless, when we were in Seattle we had excellent talks with US legislators. I ask the Commission to help us develop our contacts on discussion of specific issues such as agriculture in the intervening period so we can assist this intermediate solution. I believe they are willing to have dialogue with us on a number of specific issues. Maybe dialogue between transatlantic legislators can help in this area."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Elles (PPE-DE )."1

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