[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.

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We don't want to bury the agreement, ... and we don't want to resuscitate it, either.

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This is not the right moment to leave. It is the moment to stay, to help Haiti go through this transition.

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We are not allergic to the FTAA.

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[But after an immediate uproar here, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry began backpedaling.] There is no accord yet, only an idea, ... This is a theme that needs to be examined when we receive a concrete proposal.

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The G20 proposal on market access goes too far.

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This is an opportunity, we cannot allow this to be another Seattle, another Cancun.

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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.

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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.

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