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(NL) Mr President, has the Doha Round failed beyond repair? That is what more and more commentators seem to assume that it has. Especially since Hong Kong, nine months ago, no progress has been made, and in July, negotiations were postponed indefinitely. Like the Commissioner, and most fellow Members of this House for that matter, I refuse to believe, though, that this is the beginning of the end. There is, after all, a great deal at stake. Outright failure could well result in the collapse of the multilateral trade system, with all that this entails.
Failure to reach a global trade agreement increases the risk of ever more countries resorting to bilateral or regional agreements, which, in any case, puts poor countries in a weaker position. In addition, an interruption in negotiations can increase the number of trade disputes, during which WTO Members will try legal action as a way of getting what they did not manage to get via an agreement. There is more, though, as the Commission pointed out: sooner or later, the WTO’s very
will be challenged. It is therefore necessary, now more than ever, to make the WTO more transparent and enhance its democratic legitimacy.
Our group sees it as essential that rich and more developed countries should try to bring their viewpoints closer together beforehand. There is absolutely no point in organising another high mass if the US and the EU fail to close the gap between them in the area of their agricultural supply and other issues. The American Congress recently applauded the tough stance adopted by the US negotiators. A blame game of this kind will do nothing to bring about constructive solutions. All key players, including the EU, the US and the G20, have to pull their weight in order to achieve a result.
Meanwhile, what is termed the Hong Kong
must remain intact in full. All pro-development commitments must be delivered upon. Whether or not an agreement is reached, the EU must not back out of its intention to abolish export subsidies by 2015. At the same time, all developed countries and advanced developing countries must be invited to observe the EU’s ‘Everything but Arms’ initiative.
The tone of this compromise resolution is voluntaristic and positive. It confirms our belief in a multilateral approach of trade policy despite everything, based on the honest conviction that when the Doha Development Agenda fails, there are unfortunately no winners, only losers."@en1
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