Peter Mandelson
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"Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson" Privy Council of the United Kingdom/PC is a British people/British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician and President of the international think tank Policy Network. He was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)/Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)/Hartlepool from UK general election, 1992/1992 to Hartlepool by-election, 2004/2004, and served in a number of Cabinet of the United Kingdom/Cabinet positions under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom/Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008.

Mandelson was one of a group of people behind the rebranding of the Labour Party as "New Labour" and its subsequent landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, 1997/1997 election. He resigned twice from the Cabinet before leaving Parliament to take up an appointment as a European Commissioner. He later rejoined the Cabinet for a third time, being made a life peer in the House of Lords.

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Of course, there's an investigation following claims of dumping.

Europe's offer provides a middle ground around which WTO members should converge.

There is no benefit at all for us taking these parochial fights and these past divisions onto the European stage.

Negotiation and agreement, and not confrontation.

Europe needs a powerful, strategic response to what is a major strategic challenge and opportunity in China's growth.

I don't think people will complain about that, in particular those who bring some perspective to this matter.

Europe is ready to work for a successful ambitious conclusion.

By any measure what we are putting forward is a very deep cut.

We need to make progress in other areas. We need to address the whole of the agenda if we are to make the progress we want to do.