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"In the past, the west coast of Europe became rich as a result of colonial conquests and of controlling the economy in the Third World. Instead of being able to achieve self-sufficiency in agriculture, mining and industry, Third World countries were forced to gear production towards an export economy. The Third World had to supply cheap raw materials, and subsequently buy expensive industrial products from Europe. That was the formula that kept those countries poor. They have since obtained political independence: the Latin American countries almost two centuries ago now, and the South Asian and African countries half a century ago. They can now offer some resistance. They tried this in the 1960s with the Non-Aligned Movement. Following a long interval, they did it again during the Cancún WTO Ministerial Conference. I by no means share the indignation at their actions which prevails here. The European Commission and a large proportion in this Parliament are still assuming that protests from the Third World have only delayed an inevitable development towards international free trade and protection of foreign investments, and that the desires of Europe and the US still have to be complied with. In the meanwhile, we continue with export subsidies for our agricultural surpluses and tobacco cultivated solely for export. It is time that we made room for another economic development model. For these reasons, I am casting a ‘no’ vote."@en1
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