Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PCis a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. He served as Member of Parliamentfor Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 October 1953
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It sometimes seems to me they won't be satisfied until they have seen proposals implemented that would ... wipe out large sections of agriculture in Europe,
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It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,
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Are both sides prepared to persevere with the uncertainty of change?
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offered all sorts of positive, well-meaning, in my view misguided, justifications for a stance that is ... backward-looking, inward-looking, protectionist.
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It is not possible to go for full modalities (of a detailed outline) at Hong Kong. But that does not mean we can't achieve anything,
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It is not possible to go for full modalities at Hong Kong (where a crucial WTO ministerial meeting is to be held next month). But that does not mean we can't achieve anything,
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Our meeting has been useful, not in narrowing the differences but in defining them, ... I feel we have done everything we could reasonably be expected to do in agriculture.
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If we scale back in Hong Kong, we should not scale back for the round as a whole. It is too important.
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I always hesitate to use the term make-or-break, but I think next week will determine whether we can get into the position of making Hong Kong a success or not.
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I accept that it is not possible to go for full modalities (of a detailed outline) at Hong Kong. But that does not mean we can't achieve anything,
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There is no benefit at all for us taking these parochial fights and these past divisions onto the European stage.
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not in narrowing differences but in defining them.
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I am pleased that the EU and China have been able to resolve this problem with the implementation of the Shanghai agreement in a way that preserves the agreement without unfairly penalizing retailers and importers,
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I feel hopeful and confident that the ultimate prize -- stable, inclusive government in Northern Ireland and an unbreakable peace -- will at long last be within our grasp.