Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-12-Speech-4-021"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we call on you today for a particularly firm and timely approach to your handling of this dossier. You have explained to us what you have done and what responses you await. Allow us to state that the opening of the inquiry seemed late in coming.
Worrying statistics were already reaching us in January, February, March and April, showing an abnormal – absolutely exceptional – increase in imports from China. The serious damage caused to the textile industry is obvious, and is one of the conditions cited by the WTO Treaties for implementing the safeguard mechanism.
We believe that China is probing the limits of the application of the Treaty, and Europe must behave responsibly. We are all pleased at China’s entry into the WTO; we helped to achieve this objective. Commissioner, we are certainly not calling for protectionist measures or a return to the old ideas of import duties, but for a Europe that stands strong and firm in making China respect the rules to which it has itself subscribed.
It is obvious that this country – I am talking about China – is striving to become the manufacturing centre of the entire world. Today it is happening with the textile industry, tomorrow it will be the mechanical engineering industry and later on the electronics industry. Europe’s response will be crucial and will act as a benchmark for future crises in other sectors."@en1
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