We are interested in working with other countries on this possibility. We are doing a lot of outreach to other countries to see what interests there is. |
We are relatively close in most areas. |
We are relatively close in most areas. In some of those areas we're closer than in others, but we believe it's in reach. |
We believe that there is a way for us to get to yes and to come up with a successful conclusion to the round. |
We can no longer procrastinate. |
We don't believe the world community will let this once-in-a-generation opportunity slip past us, |
We had a very generous proposal for the Chinese but it was not generous enough for them, |
We had the best understanding yet in terms of being able to talk from the same page in terms of the impacts. That may seem insubstantial to you but that's actually been a major challenge, and frankly a frustration of mine that we have sometimes talked past each other. |
We have a lot of work to do and we need to do it together. |
We have a situation where the European Union is not willing or able to reduce barriers to trade. |
We have informed Congress that the United States does intend to appeal the panel decision, ... We believe that the (WTO panel) report contains errors of law that provide grounds for the appeal to the WTO appellate body. |
We hope to bring Colombia and Ecuador into this agreement as soon as they are ready so that no one misses out on the benefits of trade. |
We need to use our time here very productively. We've been at this for four years. It's time to bring the Doha Round to an end. It's time to make the tough decisions. |
We ought to go out and find someone who has re-engineered, in my view, a major and complex organization from the private sector. I hope someone like that would be willing to step forward and take on this task. |
We should not be lowering the expectations, nor lowering the ambitions in the round, ... Hong Kong is not the end of process. |