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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Authorisation of generic medicines at WTO level2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030210.8.1-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-10-Speech-1-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Glenys Kinnock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the tragedy, as the Commissioner indicated, is that we still have a deadlock over changes that might deliver the real objectives we identified in Doha, which would allow countries – as others have said – to have the manufacturing capacity to export cheaper generic medicines to countries in need. The reality is that developing countries will not accept the United States' insistence on restricting exports to those who treat only a handful of infectious diseases. I fear also that, even if the United States concedes, the reforms will be wrapped up in red tape and have some TRIPS-plus features. We should now consider a fresh start that is likely to produce a workable solution, although I accept, regrettably, that this is unlikely. The danger is that this whole issue could drag on until Cancun. If this were to happen, then the TRIPS issues could then again be used as a bargaining chip in the negotiations on agriculture, services and the new issues. Is that something you see as likely, Commissioner? Surely it would be disastrous if developing countries were expected to do trade-offs in the only real area where they secured such a major victory at Doha. The spirit and reality of the development round is surely called into question if developing countries have the clear perception – and they do now, as Mrs McNally said – that commercial interest is being put before public health. That was not the intention at Doha. You understand, Commissioner, as others have said, that these are issues of justice and equity and that the concept of the development round would become a sham if the industrialised world is seen as, or perceived to be, reneging on the position that was so satisfactorily agreed at Doha."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 co-president; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kinnock, Glenys (PSE )."1

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