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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as a member of this Parliament’s delegation that will go to Hong Kong for the next meeting of the WTO, I fully support the common resolution that we are presenting and that we will vote on tomorrow.
Since the creation of a parliamentary Committee on External Trade in 1979, this Parliament has followed the negotiations in the WTO closely, sending delegations since 1988, particularly now that we have a specific Committee on International Trade. The European Parliament thereby enhances the role that the European Union plays within the context of globalisation, at the same time making an effort to increase the transparency of the activities of that Organisation.
Since the failures of Seattle and Cancún, it is now that the role of the WTO is at stake. As Commissioner Mandelson has told us, Hong Kong will be difficult but not impossible, and it must therefore be approached with a combination of realism and ambition. As other speakers have said, we cannot allow another failure.
This Round, which is the priority objective of Community trade policy, is the best way to guarantee that the expansion of trade takes place in a balanced fashion, creating growth, but at the same time sustainable development within a multilateral context.
As we know, the countries negotiate by making concessions in certain sectors in exchange for obtaining advantages in others. We must therefore all make a genuine effort to ensure that our offers are balanced. The European Commission has proposed a package in the field of agriculture which represents a great effort for the Union and probably much more for certain Member States. It will not, however, be possible to conclude these negotiations successfully without making progress on access to the markets for industrial products and the trade in services. The services sector, the most rapidly growing sector in the world economy, is essential to the Union and, furthermore, it is very important in itself and in view of its repercussions for other economic sectors.
In the case of the NAMA, negotiations are at a standstill and are always dependent on results in other areas. Within this context, Commissioner, I would like to say that it is important for fisheries products to be given special treatment, differentiating them from other non-agricultural products. I believe that, given their special characteristics, resulting from the fact that they are a finite natural resource, they should continue to be given the same treatment as in the Uruguay Round, that is to say, they should be treated as sensitive products.
I would like to end, Commissioner, simply by wishing you every success in your work for the good of everybody."@en1
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