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	TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH EUROPEAN UNION TRADE COMMISSIONER PASCAL LAMY
		Commissioner Lamy: On the first question—whether it can be done before the end of this year—my feeling is that the notion I got from my interlocutors is, yes, it can be done before the end of this year, thus matching the time horizon which we had set in springtime this year.
		Commissioner Lamy: The disappearance of the peace clause is a sword that hangs on many many necks, and the conventional wisdom in WTO is that there are so many necks under this sword that pulling the trigger would probably be very harmful to many people.
		Commissioner Lamy: We have already tried that and, to my knowledge, once you are in a litigation process you have to abide to the ruling and that is the stage where we are.
	www.eurunion.org /News/speeches/2003/031104PrConfpl.htm (2510 words)

	European Institute
		The European Institute convened a roundtable discussion with The Honorable Dr. Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta.
		Commissioner Verheugen alluded to the ongoing debates in Europe on the relocation of jobs and outsourcing, many of which are based on "fears and scare-mongering." According to the Commissioner, the only reasonable solution to this problem is to enhance European competitiveness.
		The Transatlantic Roundtable on Trade and Investment focused on the priorities of the US/EU trade agenda for 2005, as well as the challenges ahead for negotiators on both sides of the Atlantic, at a meeting on November 18, 2004.
	www.europeaninstitute.org /content.php?section=trade (5087 words)

	Fighting for America's Economy With Free Trade
		Of the 130 existing trade and investment agreements throughout the world, the United States is party to only two: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
		Trade promotion authority would assure potential trade partners that the agreements they sign with the Administration will be approved or rejected by Congress quickly and without debilitating amendments.
		By signing new trade agreements with other countries, the United States will show the terrorists that America, which has many allies and business partners, is undeterred by their actions.
	www.heritage.org /Research/TradeandForeignAid/EM783.cfm (947 words)

	H.R. 3019: Undermining Trade Promotion Authority
		Trade promotion authority is intended to give the President more room to negotiate; H.R. 3019, on the other hand, would tie the President's hands.
		As European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy has stated, "If Trade Promotion Authority is denied by Congress, it would be hard for the U.S. Administration to establish itself as a credible trading partner." There are 131 trade and investment agreements in the world, and the U.S. is party to only three of them.
		Trade promotion authority legislation that is ridden with burdensome regulation will only limit the number of trade agreements that the U.S. will enter.
	www.heritage.org /Research/TradeandForeignAid/EM795.cfm (962 words)

	Pascal Lamy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pascal Lamy (born 8 April 1947) is the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, a French political advisor, a businessman, and a former European Commissioner for Trade.
		When Delors became President of the European Commission in 1984, he took Lamy with him to serve as chief of staff, which he did until the end of Delors's term in 1994.
		In 1999, the new European Commission President Romano Prodi appointed him European Commissioner for Trade, as which he served until the end of term for the Commission in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pascal_Lamy (287 words)

	Bilateral Trade Treaties Are a Sham - Council on Foreign Relations
		Pascal Lamy, the European commissioner for trade, recently wrote that "half the world's economists" were opposed to the epidemic of bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs).
		First, bilateral trade deals are undermining an essential principle of the World Trade Organisation: that the lowest tariff applicable to one member must be extended to all members (the most favoured nation status rule).
		The process of trade liberalisation is becoming a sham, the ultimate objective being the capture, reshaping and distortion of the WTO in the image of American lobbying interests.
	www.cfr.org /publication/6118/bilateral_trade_treaties_are_a_sham.html (995 words)

	European Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alongside the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, it is one of the three main institutions governing the Union.
		Commissioners are therefore not permitted to take instructions from the government of the country that appointed them, but are supposed to represent the interests of the citizens of the EU as a whole.
		However, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament are both able to formally request that the Commission legislate on a particular topic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Commissioner (1461 words)

	European Affairs [A Publication of the European Institute]
		The European Union and the United States have a shared interest in a new round of multilateral trade negotiations that deals with the realities of the global economy, and we must find a better way of expressing that shared interest.
		He called for progress toward a European Federation that, at least in the longer term, would be run by a European government supervised by a two-chamber parliament and possibly led by an elected president.
		But the speech reanimated discussions among European governments on the future of European integration at a time when the European Union seemed to be bogged down in negotiations over the minutiae of institutional reform and the technical problems of admitting a dozen new members in the coming years.
	www.europeanaffairs.org /archive/2000_summer.php4 (1228 words)

	Trade And Sustainable Development On The Agenda At EC
		Trade And Sustainable Development On The Agenda At EC In its ongoing informal dialogue with civil society, on 10 May the European Commission Directorate-General (D-G) for Trade hosted the fifth such dialogue since November 2000 in Brussels.
		At the dialogue, Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner on Trade, briefed European civil society groups on the EC's preparations for the WTO Doha Ministerial.
		The main goal of the multilateral trading system, he said, is therefore sustained inclusiveness and raised standards for all economic activity within the international system.
	www.ictsd.org /html/weekly/15-05-01/story6.htm (501 words)

	European Institute
		Commissioner Lamy stated that, "retaliation is a racing certainty in mid December" if the US continues to ignore its obligations within the WTO system.
		The Commissioner, while aware that these sanctions could jolt already shaky multilateral trade relations, said that, "Retaliation is the last resort that the system provides, the final tool that can be used to incite compliance.
		Lamy said that the EU is currently in "a moment of reflection" with regards to their objectives for the Round, and indeed for the future of EU trade policy.
	www.europeaninstitute.org /content-pr.php?section=pr/110403 (253 words)

	EUROPEAN COMMISSION DELEGATION CONFIRMED FOR ACP MEET - 3rd ACP Summit, Fiji
		Pascal Lamy is heading the European Commission’s delegation for the African Carribean and the Pacific (ACP) Summit to be held in Nadi this month.
		The Head of the delegation of the European Commission for the Pacific, Mr Frans Baan and an official from his office, Mr.
		The ACP summit is to be held in Nadi from the 16th to the 19th July.
	www.acp.fiji.gov.fj /news/2002_07_01.html (157 words)

	Europaworld 24/6/2005 Peter Mandelson, European Commissioner for Trade, A Modern Social Agenda for Europe. Reuters ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At European level, this means a modern, reformed European Budget - which, though limited in size to little more than 1% of GDP - can act as a catalyst for change.
		The essence of our European cultural and religious tradition is this recognition of the uniqueness and equal worth of the individual, combined with the need for a strong society, to enable the individual to achieve fulfilment within a stable social framework.
		European spending programmes should be focused on the creation of European centres of research excellence and building technology platforms that link in with European companies.
	www.europaworld.org /week229/mandelsonspeech24605.htm (2416 words)

	EUROPA - Commissioner Peter Mandelson
		As a global trading power and the world’s largest market, Europe’s trade policy is an important instrument for shaping the economic world we live in.
		Trade is central to our lives: it affects our jobs and our well-being.
		The benefits of free and fair trade should be extended to all, especially the poorest.
	trade-info.cec.eu.int /inforequest/mandelson_form.cfm (604 words)

	BBC News \| BUSINESS \| EU admits Africa losing out on trade
		Trade talks have been on hold since 1999, when mass demonstrations and disagreements about the agenda prevented the launching of a new trade round in Seattle.
		The European Commission must help them address these problems, giving them "time, flexibilities in order for their own economies to globalise to a rhythm which is theirs", he said.
		The benefits of trade liberalisation are clear, he said, hence pressure from the World Bank and the United Nations' Kofi Annan to start a new round of trade talks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1641321.stm (667 words)

	EU negotiates bilateral trade deals but hopes for Doha revival
		The EU is close to reaching a free trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council - involving the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.
		An EU summit with India in October may also open up the possibility for a trade deal and an update of a previous political and economic accord with China is expected at a summit in September, but will not involve a free trade deal.
		Peter Mandelson, the European commissioner for trade, said this week that the EU would prefer to achieve a multilateral trade deal.
	www.europeanvoice.com /current/article.asp?id=25960 (591 words)

	CalTrade Report - ''Bilateral Trade Treaties Are a Sham'' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		First, bilateral trade deals are undermining an essential principle of the World Trade Organization: that the lowest tariff applicable to one member must be extended to all members (the most favored nation status rule).
		The process of trade liberalization is becoming a sham, the ultimate objective being the capture, reshaping and distortion of the WTO in the image of American lobbying interests.
		Subsequently, during the Uruguay round of trade liberalization, the US was able to insert the trade-related intellectual property regime (TRIPs) into the WTO, even though no intellectual case had ever been made that TRIPs, which is about royalty collection and not trade, should be included.
	www.caltradereport.com /eWebPages/opinion-1058632036.html (940 words)

	Trade Resources > quotes > mts > transparency & democracy
		Trade must become a much higher priority in more political sectors, trade ministers must have more clout, heads of government must place trade on their agenda and the public needs to be educated.
		Trade is becoming one of the very few areas that we can see multilateralism achieving anything, and we cannot lose this, because I cannot imagine the world becoming divisive and unpredictable.
		National Press Club, National Press Building, Washington, D.C. A new comprehensive, multilateral trade agreement is especially important at this time to maintain the momentum of increased trade and economic growth in those developing countries that have recently joined the World Trade Organization.
	www.wto.org /trade_resources/quotes/mts/transparency.htm (1099 words)

	European Trade Commissioner Mandelson says he and U.S. committed to wrapping up trade talks - iht,business,US Trade ...
		WASHINGTON European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Friday he believes the United States is committed to bringing the current round of international trade talks to a successful conclusion.
		Disputes between Washington, the European Union, Japan and others over how much to reduce tariffs and subsidies for domestic farm industries were key sticking points that caused the World Trade Organization to suspend negotiations, known as the Doha round for the Qatari capital where they began five years ago.
		All sides say they still want a global trade treaty that slashes trade barriers in hopes of spurring billions of dollars in new trade and help lift millions out of poverty — but remain deadlocked on the details.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/29/business/NA_FIN_US_Trade_talks.php (232 words)

	European Affairs [A Publication of the European Institute]
		That is one reason why the European Union has called for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, which would include the development of the WTO as a rule-making institution.
		Negotiations on investment, competition, trade facilitation, labor standards and the environment will be of critical importance if the WTO is to stay relevant, and to reflect and respond to public opinion.
		That is why we particularly regret the recent passage of the U.S. "carousel"Ê legislation, designed to rotate U.S. trade sanctions among different groups of EU exporters.
	www.europeanaffairs.org /archive/2000_summer/2000_summer_10.php4 (1520 words)

	HOT TOPICS: DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND - WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
		EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: "Trade and Poverty" (11/10/05)
		QandA with EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel and Trade Commissioner Mandelson (12/14/05)
		EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel: "Agriculture: Outlook for Hong Kong" (12/12/05)
	www.eurunion.org /newsweb/HotTopics/Doha.htm (602 words)

	Press Releases: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, European Commission accelerates preferential trade ...
		In parallel, the European Commission is working on simplifying and, where appropriate, relaxing the rules of origin to allow countries to take fuller advantage of the benefits of GSP.
		European Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson said: "By accelerating this boost to developing countries’ market access, the European Union has acted quickly to provide relief for countries affected by the recent tsunami.
		Following the Tsunami of December 2004, the European Commission identified the rapid entry into force of the new EU GSP as a way to aid countries affected by the disaster.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-69GGW8?OpenDocument (561 words)

	Europe's Ex-Trade Commissioner Is Picked to Lead W.T.O.
		Lamy is something of a political anomaly in the world of trade, which may account for his selection at this pivotal moment.
		He won the support of the industrialized nations because of his ambitious agenda to expand trade and enforce trade rules during his five years as the European trade commissioner.
		Of particular note was his role convincing the European Union to begin reducing its agricultural subsidies, especially for food exports that undercut poor nations.
	www.globalexchange.org /campaigns/wto/3051.html (764 words)

	Mandelson wants Europe to flex its trade muscles
		While the EU has been prioritising the Doha negotiations, its main trading partners have been very active in negotiating free trade agreements with the Union's competitors, the paper says, citing the examples of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with Japan, or Korea with the US.
		The EU should prioritise free trade agreements with areas according to their economic potential rather than on development aims, as has happened in the past, the paper says.
		A spokesman for Commissioner Mandelson rejected suggestions that the paper meant that the Commission was examining scenarios in case there was no deal on the Doha round.
	www.europeanvoice.com /current/article.asp?id=25857 (650 words)

	USTR - In the Next Round
		A key shared goal is to remove the stain of the failed Seattle trade talksanhelp to launch a new round of global trade negotiations this November.
		For example, both the European Union and the United States are using the flexibility afforded by the major international trade agreement on intellectual property to enable countries and companies to help deal with tragic pandemics such as HIV/AIDS.
		Pascal Lamy is the European Union commissioner for trade.
	www.ustr.gov /Document_Library/Op-eds/2001/In_the_Next_Round.html (995 words)

	European trade commissioner trade talks on Doha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		BRUSSELS (UPI) -- The European trade commissioner encouraged world trade talks Tuesday and to complete Doha -- an effort to cut agricultural subsidies and liberalize trade.
		There is still time -- just -- to deliver on the original development-through-trade agenda envisaged in the World Trade Organization's Doha round of talks before negotiating fatigue takes over," Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner said in a column in the Financial Times.
		Mandelson will be meeting 30 trade ministers in Paris Wednesday to discuss completing negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /world/printer_7522.php (208 words)

	The Future of Global Trade - Council on Foreign Relations
		And Jagdish is one of the sort of holders of the holy doctrine on free trade and bilateral agreements.
		In a letter that you wrote to the other WTO commissioners, you had advocated differentiating among developing countries, and that had drawn some criticism from some groups claiming that it was an attempt to divide and conquer.
		And it occurred to me that maybe there was a lot of trade diversion which had happened, because they were not really into multilateral commitments in the same degree in the sense that in multilateral commitments you’re binding, which are like the ceiling and the actual applied tariff can be low.
	www.cfr.org /publication/7940/future_of_global_trade.html (8086 words)

	Unfree trade, by Susan George
		In fact, the measures on traceability and labelling put to the EU council and the European parliament last July, not yet implemented, are the commission’s chosen method of opening the door to new imports.
		Denouncing the precautionary principle and the "illegitimate measures and other technical barriers to trade" applied by the EU, they demanded the government no longer allow the WTO agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and on technical barriers to trade to be flouted.
		On a visit to Washington last October, David Byrne, commissioner for health and consumer protection, anticipated the moratorium would be lifted at the European Council in Barcelona in March.
	mondediplo.com /2002/05/12trade (1698 words)

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