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
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.
defining
not in narrowing differences but in defining them.
motion procedures
I have set in motion procedures to unblock the goods.
engage prepared
I'm prepared to engage with them on this subject, but not in isolation.
commission nobody
It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,
beat caused june problem signed trying understanding
The problem has been caused by importers trying to beat the restrictions after the Shanghai Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on June 10,
biggest created economic granted people space
Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.
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.
both persevere prepared sides
Are both sides prepared to persevere with the uncertainty of change?
developing needs open push
SA needs to push the G-20 (Group of 20 developing nations) to open their markets.
advance among concrete ourselves run simply terms time today week
If we do not advance this negotiation in concrete terms this week -- and among ourselves today -- we will have to acknowledge that we may simply run out of time for Hong Kong,
ambition cause fear lowering overall round
My fear is that in lowering expectations for Hong Kong, we will cause the overall ambition for the round to fall.
claims following
Of course, there's an investigation following claims of dumping,
china criteria economy market needs progress qualified receive status technical towards
China is not yet qualified to receive the recognition of market economy status by Europe. There are technical criteria which China needs to fulfill, in which it's making progress towards fulfilling.