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Proceeding contribution from David Miliband (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 December 2008. It occurred during Debate on European Affairs.

European Affairs

I can absolutely assure my right hon. Friend that the principles that were set out remain very important, and we want to develop them. As I shall explain, there is a particularly important discussion to be had about whether the current crisis is a reason to rein back the open markets that have been an important feature of European growth or whether the lesson is that free trade and a further renewal of the Doha trade round is in our interests and that this is precisely the time at which we should open up our economies rather than close them down.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
485 c411 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed conflict Banks Coal Climate change Competition Development aid Cyprus Carbon capture and storage Africa EU countries Finance Human rights Energy EU enlargement European Union Industry EU internal trade International cooperation Fiscal policy Government assistance Economic situation Germany EU external trade Economic and monetary union EU economic policy EU emissions trading scheme National security Motor vehicles Public expenditure Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Piracy Poland Overseas trade Standards Terrorism Rule of law Balkans Russia Israel Turkey Kosovo Common agricultural policy Foreign investment in UK Zimbabwe Middle East Bosnia and Herzegovina EU external relations EU aid EU defence policy Georgia Somalia Treaty of Lisbon Kurds South Ossetia Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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