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
combine dash recent success uk
The UK must combine its recent success with a dash of humility.
achieve detailed full mean possible
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,
achieve crucial full held kong mean meeting next possible
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,
defining expected meeting reasonably
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.
defining
not in narrowing differences but in defining them.
motion procedures
I have set in motion procedures to unblock the goods.
commission nobody
It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,
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.
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.
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,
both persevere prepared sides
Are both sides prepared to persevere with the uncertainty of change?
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.
developing needs open push
SA needs to push the G-20 (Group of 20 developing nations) to open their markets.