Pascal Lamy Quotations

Everyone - developing countries and developed countries - have to give a little ... in order to get this process moving forward, which will benefit everyone around the world.

We are hopeful we will be able to finalize a deal in the coming period,

Europe and the United States are moving on farm issues. This is good news,

Russia and Ukraine are candidates for the entry to the WTO and their dispute would be easy to understand and tackle if they are both members of this organization.

It is not so much the United States that is trying to push the European Union in one direction or another, it is developing nations as a whole that are pushing the United States and Europe to open their markets a little more.

To set us on the right course we need to create more opportunities for trade, particularly in developing countries, and we need to adjust global trade rules to better meet the needs of entrepreneurs in the 21st century,

It is not good news, but we have to face reality.

Globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly unjust.

Today we can be sure we are heading into the right direction. We managed to put the round back on track, after a long hibernation. But we are not there yet.

Movement in those two areas would be helpful not only for the agriculture negotiations overall, but for the entire round.