There are better ideas. We are working from the same starting point, which was not previously the case. |
There are small revolutions going on in the CAP. There is a difference between emphasizing reform and saying that the entire CAP and all its domestic support must be scrapped altogether. |
There are some very needy developing countries, like for example the cotton producers of west Africa. |
There can be no question of the EU making another unilateral concession in any area. |
There couldn't be any less negotiation. |
There is a better mood. |
There is a clear preference by the great majority to adjust expectations, |
There is no benefit at all for us taking these parochial fights and these past divisions onto the European stage. |
There is progress in agriculture, even though we are still looking for further commitments from others. However, this progress is not matched in industrial goods or services. This lack of balance is a real problem and points to the ground we need to make up at Hong Kong. |
There was no major breakthrough [although] we made progress in a number of areas. |
There's nothing wrong with that. It's perfectly sensible from their point of view. |
They have a very great responsibility indeed for making sure that what has been achieved is taken forward, |
This is a step in the right direction but it is clear more needs to be done. The real problem for African cotton producers is dumping on the world market, resulting from domestic and export subsidies. |
This is not about a return to quotas of the past. The textile quotas that operated under the old style agreement are gone forever, |
this is not an agriculture-only round and the European Union is not its sole banker. |