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"Mr President, we have known that this decision on market economy status was coming for 15 years, since China joined the WTO, but our national governments have wilfully ignored the implications for our trade defence instruments. Now I have heard no one here suggesting that China is a market economy. So what is this really about? Well, my constituents across Teesside – steel workers who have lost their jobs in recent months – know only too keenly the damage that dumping is doing. Our trade defence instruments are insufficient to deal with Chinese overcapacity, never mind the slowdown which is coming. We have been waiting for years for national governments to agree the modernisation necessary for these vital tools. Britain is leading a blocking minority in the Council, and as UK ministers cry their crocodile tears for our steel industry at home, abroad they give valuable contracts to Chinese investors and block the tools needed to allow a fair global market. Strengthening our trade defence instruments must be the priority now."@en1
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