We have known for some time that Hong Kong will not be the final conclusion to this round, |
We have much more members, we have much more active members, the size of the agenda is much bigger and the combination of size of the agenda and the number of active members makes the odds of a resolution much lower than they were before, |
We have to exercise our right to protect our industry and our jobs. |
We look forward to the kingdom's participation in the Hong Kong ministerial meeting as an active member of this organization, |
We look forward to the kingdom's participation in the Hong Kong ministerial meeting as an active member of this organization. |
We need to act now, ... It is clearly essential that we keep up the pressure in agriculture, and this week's meetings are important in that respect. |
We want China in the WTO at the earliest opportunity, but there are remaining issues, |
We've been working hard on precise topics, numbers and texts, so I can get a sense of where the red lines are. |
We've got a big number of topics to be addressed. Most of that has to be done in the first half of this year. |
What people commit to WTO they watch much more carefully than they did before, |
What we need now is this market access part of the negotiations to move, and it has to move very rapidly if we want to keep any chance for Hong Kong to succeed. |
Whichever goal I may have, this is the main one. It is the one that will decide whether I have water under the boat or not to sail to other horizons, |
While growth in trade will remain satisfactory in 2005, the decelerating trend is causing some concern, |
While we have seen some progress on agriculture, positions are still too far apart on one issue, which is market access, to allow negotiations to progress. |
you have to go as near as possible to the people who want to punch you. |