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"Mr President, I welcome this trade negotiation, but have to say that, unlike my colleague, I believe it must be about more than just simply opening up markets. Firstly, we have to make sure that any agreement promotes fair growth in Vietnam. In particular, we have to deal with the issue of land grabbing, which is already a significant problem in Vietnam, and we would not want any free trade agreement to encourage further land grabbing by European or other companies.
Secondly, like other colleagues, I insist that in any such agreement we have a robust development and human rights chapter. For my group, this will be a red line and we will insist on it. On animal welfare, we think it is important that we include animal welfare in any agreement with Vietnam. The situation of animals then spills over into the phytosanitary situation. The situation of animals in Vietnam is appalling. We already have the Korean agreement as a template for this. So if we can do it with Korea, we can do it with Vietnam.
Finally, I believe that an agreement with Vietnam, important as it is, is only a precursor for a regional agreement, and our aim should be to have an ASEAN agreement as soon as possible."@en1
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