“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.”
“Our expectations are that that (EU tariff cut) figure needs to be well above 54 percent. It's a positive move in the right direction but still not enough.”
“The failure of the EU to make a meaningful offer on agricultural market access is deeply disappointing. Those EU member states who talk up their contribution to development are now blocking the most significant steps the global community could take in years to create new opportunities for the world's poorest countries.”
“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.”
“I don't believe the meeting should be postponed, even if the EU does not put forward a better proposal, ... I believe that the EU and France would need to account for their actions before the parliament of world opinion.”
“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.”
