After all, they are benefiting enormously from the access that they have to other markets. |
It is ironic that many of the countries that are in urgent need of cheap medicines also have a significant tax added to the drugs and the medical devices they import. |
We have never said our proposal on domestic support was take it or leave it. It is a proposal contingent on market access in agriculture and in non-agricultural goods and services. |
We think that all of the major trading nations should exert leadership in these negotiations and we would certainly welcome a stronger voice from China on liberalizing and particularly with respect to market access in both agriculture and industrial products. |
We think we will be able to do this without any hiccups. |
We've got our instructions, we've got our teams, we will be pushing in these next few weeks just as hard as we were before this announcement. |