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
benefit divisions european fights onto parochial past taking
There is no benefit at all for us taking these parochial fights and these past divisions onto the European stage.
aggressive bulk coincide countries developing interests producing pushed sort whose
have been pushed into a sort of agricultural siding by some very aggressive agricultural producing countries whose interests do not necessarily coincide with the bulk of developing countries.
accept achieve detailed full mean possible
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,
determine hesitate kong next position success term week whether
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.
both persevere prepared sides
Are both sides prepared to persevere with the uncertainty of change?
motion procedures
I have set in motion procedures to unblock the goods.
defining
not in narrowing differences but in defining them.
engage prepared
I'm prepared to engage with them on this subject, but not in isolation.
blocked cannot continues kong shape
continues to keep everything else blocked at the gate, we cannot get to Hong Kong in the shape we need.
commission nobody
It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,
large proposals satisfied sections seems seen until wipe
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,
offered sorts stance view
offered all sorts of positive, well-meaning, in my view misguided, justifications for a stance that is ... backward-looking, inward-looking, protectionist.
biggest created economic granted people space
Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.
developing needs open push
SA needs to push the G-20 (Group of 20 developing nations) to open their markets.