Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-236"
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"Mr President, the textiles and clothing sectors are very important in many areas of Europe, particularly in Catalonia. It involves more than 2 600 companies that employ over 72 000 workers. This year all the quotas and duties for WTO countries must be completely phased out. Therefore, these countries will have unrestricted access to EU markets. This could lead to dumping situations that will harm our economies. This could encourage businesses to relocate to other latitudes. I understand that such a phenomenon can only be addressed by pouring more money into research investment budgets.
There are two possible objectives. First, to manufacture products of finer quality with added value that can compete with those from other countries, mainly China. Second, to launch a unified European trade market, including a quality index. In addition to that, we need to develop a strategy that favours business concentration as a positive tool to make the sector more competitive and efficient. This would forestall the threat of business relocation. An active role by the EU is the best way to achieve social cohesion and the maintenance of the living standards we have come to expect in this part of the world."@en1
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