Proceeding contribution from Robert Walter (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 December 2005. It occurred during Ministerial statement on WTO Conference (Hong Kong).

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Ministers are prone to adopt the rhetoric of the Trade Justice Movement and Make Poverty History. There must therefore be some disappointment, given the strong position of the United Kingdom in holding the presidency of the European Union, that more could not have been achieved in Hong Kong or in Brussels last week. We have a commitment on 5 per cent. of farm support in terms of export subsidies, but what about the other 95 per cent. of support to farmers in the United States and Europe? On tariff barriers, can the Secretary of State be more specific on what will be included in the 3 per cent?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 440 c1718-9
Session: 2005-06
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Exports EU external trade Import duties Trade Sustainable development Subsidies Trade agreements Common agricultural policy World Trade Organization Quotas Conferences Tonga Aid financed trade
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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