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"Mr President, may I firstly welcome the deal that has been struck between the Council and Parliament, which should allow for transparency and predictability both for the EU’s trading partners in the developing world, and for EU importers. The GSP is, of course, an important tool for development, and the new regime should – and hopefully will – seek to concentrate the benefits of trade on those that need them most. ‘Trade, not only aid’ is a slogan I hear often from them.
May I congratulate my colleague, Mr Fjellner, and all the shadow rapporteurs for the work that they have done on this. I welcome raising the 1% total trade threshold in the GSP+ to 2%. Back in 2005, myself and my colleague, David Martin, moved an amendment to this effect which was approved by this Parliament but was defeated through non-application by the then Commissioner for Trade, using the pretence of WTO non-compliance. Now, of course, in a post-Lisbon era, I hope we will be able to make the most of the opportunity and deliver the advantages of this system to those countries that will qualify, and ensure that they are able to use this to promote human rights, democracy and freedom of speech in the developing world.
There are, of course, some disappointments, but I will reserve those for another day."@en1
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