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,

I do not exaggerate when I say that the Hong Kong ministerial meeting is on a knife-edge,

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,

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,

If we scale back in Hong Kong, we should not scale back for the round as a whole. It is too important.

With only seven weeks left until the Hong Kong ministerial conference in December, we have just about run out of time, ... If Hong Kong fails there is little chance of completing negotiations in 2006, putting the future of multilateral trade reform at serious risk for the short term.