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"Mr President, I think there are two takeaways from the Korean Free Trade Agreement. Firstly, that free trade agreements do improve trade and they do create jobs here in Europe, but secondly, free trade agreements that have obligations on social environmental standards are only really going to mean anything if those standards can be enforced separately from the wider trade agreement. If they are simply the obligatory part of the agreement, but have no sanctions attached to them, they are not going to be effective, so what we have to argue for in future trade agreements is that the Sustainable Development Chapter itself should be subject to sanctions.
In addition, I want to join with my colleagues to say that we have some hope that the new president, President Moon of South Korea, will actually respond to our request. He has shown in the past in his work as a human rights lawyer that he is receptive to good labour rights and I wish the Commissioner well in her dialogue with him."@en1
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