Celso Amorim
Celso Amorim
Celso Luiz Nunes Amorimis a Brazilian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Relations from 1993 to 1995 under President Itamar Franco and again from 2003 to 2011 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as Minister of Defence from August 2011 to December 2014 under President Dilma Rousseff...
applied cuts proposal
What you have in our proposal is real cuts in applied levels,
benefits ensure reach smaller
We have to ensure that the benefits of integration reach our smaller partners.
ambition expectation level lower necessary
We will not lower the level of ambition of the round. If necessary we may lower the level of expectation for Hong Kong,
start step sufficient taken
The step taken (by the EU) was not sufficient to start negotiation in other sectors,
bar conclusion heard high industrial led setting talk trade wants yesterday
I've been in trade negotiations for more than 20 years now. You know when someone wants some more of you, or when they are just reciting their case. What we heard yesterday was just a re-recitation of their proposal. It led me to the conclusion that they are setting the bar very high on industrial goods, because they don't even want to talk about agriculture.
ambition cheap lower possible reform result scenario wait worst
The worst possible scenario would be to lower the ambition and try to do something on the cheap side. If you don't have an appropriate result now, we'll have to wait another 20 years to have real reform in agriculture.
assist brazil power purchasing smaller
Brazil can use the purchasing power of its state-run enterprises to assist in the development of our partners, especially the smaller ones.
came emerge process stronger
We emerge from this process stronger than we came into it,
easier
That will make it easier for Brazilian firms to participate in infrastructure projects.
display
We were able to display a big unity.
business people rich
Most of the things the business people in the rich world wanted, they got in the Uruguay Round.
agreement assessment reading reason seem
My assessment is there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to come to an agreement ... because the differences now seem to be in my reading very small,
absolutely clear door opening proposal seemed subject
made no proposal and then what there was went up in smoke. . . . He circled around the subject and seemed to be opening the door but then made absolutely clear he was not making a proposal.
cuts deal driving force modest
This was a modest but not insignificant deal which could be a driving force to make real cuts in agricultural subsidies.