They need to understand they are threatening the future of global trade and cheating millions of the world's poor out of new hope, ... It's not enough for them to provide aid and debt relief when the benefits of liberalizing trade are so much greater. |
This research demonstrates that during the decade in which APEC economies lowered trade and investment barriers, 195 million jobs were created and around 165 million people in the region have been lifted out of poverty, |
We cannot continue to baulk at making commitments because we want someone else to move first. All areas of the negotiations need to move forward together. |
We must reaffirm and strengthen our political commitment to conclude this round. |
We now know that Mark Latham would have threatened our national security and our future. |
We welcome this announcement, ... The Australian government has announced a judicial inquiry on this matter and it is common sense to let that process run its course. |
We wouldn't necessarily say it's a political gift, |
With only seven weeks left until the Hong Kong ministerial conference in December, we have just about run out of time, ... If Hong Kong fails there is little chance of completing negotiations in 2006, putting the future of multilateral trade reform at serious risk for the short term. |