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Is the European Commission deaf? That is the question that inevitably springs to mind when you read its policies for relaunching the Doha Round of the WTO international trade negotiations.
It actually seemed clear to us as soon as Cancún had failed – and we said so in this House – that the fact that the negotiations had reached deadlock showed that it was necessary to review the objective of global free trade and return to the idea of a form of globalisation that was controlled by the people.
In fact, the Commission programme recommends a revision of the strategy to achieve the EU’s objectives in the form of a new negotiating position. This internally contradictory sentence states that there will be no in-depth review, just some tinkering around the edges.
The Commission retains its priority objectives of free market access, free global competition and free investment (the so-called Singapore issues), which are certainly of interest, but it should now give other concerns their rightful place, in our interests as well as in the interests of the developing countries.
We now need to lay down the rules for a form of international trade that better respects the sovereignty of nations and is more compatible with safeguarding the environment and public health."@en1
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