This is a key issue for the G20. There is a general view that without agreement on special products and Special Safeguard Mechanisms, other things can't go forward. |
This is an opportunity, we cannot allow this to be another Seattle, another Cancun, |
This is not the right moment to leave. It is the moment to stay, to help Haiti go through this transition. |
This meeting is especially important as the committee had not met since 1987. |
This was a modest but not insignificant deal which could be a driving force to make real cuts in agricultural subsidies. |
We all have a general idea of the numbers, but when we reach this point, it is important to have a precise idea of the numbers. |
We are confident that it (reform) will happen, |
We are doing the right thing. |
We are in a very difficult situation. All of us want a successful round, but we want a round that is meaningful. |
We are not allergic to the FTAA, |
We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. The negotiation involves the G-20 (the group of 21 developing countries), Europe, and the United States. |
We don't want to bury the agreement, ... and we don't want to resuscitate it, either. |
We emerge from this process stronger than we came into it, |
We feel that these should not be tit-for-tat negotiations, this is something everyone should understand. Brazil and others are prepared to make some movement of our own and do everything that is necessary to move forward. This is an important step in the fight against poverty and I believe it is something that we must commit fully to achieving. |
We have to ensure that the benefits of integration reach our smaller partners. |