We have to ensure that the benefits of integration reach our smaller partners.

[Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed.] Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, ... I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.

The G20 proposal on market access goes too far.

We are not allergic to the FTAA,

In the logic of the current negotiations, market access will determine whether there will be a virtuous cycle leading to a positive result, and that depends fundamentally on the European Union.

This was a modest but not insignificant deal which could be a driving force to make real cuts in agricultural subsidies.