Mark Vaile Quotes (20 Quotes)

Our interest is in having the tariff and the quota removed as soon as possible. That's what we continue to argue for,

There are many hundreds of millions of people across the world living in poverty-stricken countries who are looking to us to improve their opportunities by negotiating better market access.

As authority is transferred back to an Iraqi administration in mid-2004, the reconstruction of vital oil installations will provide jobs, skills and technology to the Iraq people.

The big difference in this organization now is Lamy. Lamy is uniquely suited to the task at hand.

The pace of our export growth has already slowed significantly, and will slow further if global demand remains suppressed,

It is the European Union that is standing isolated, still standing against the agreement of this text, ... It is not the Cairns Group, it is not Australia, it is not the United States, it is not Japan holding out at this stage.

I don't have an answer to that.

This research demonstrates that during the decade in which APEC economies lowered trade and investment barriers, 195 million jobs were created and around 165 million people in the region have been lifted out of poverty,

These convictions show Indonesia's determination to prosecute those involved directly or indirectly in terrorism,

Any discussion of zonal tax rates immediately raises constitutional issues. The chances of changing section 99 of the Constitution by referendum on this issue are zero,

The failure of the EU to make a meaningful offer on agricultural market access is deeply disappointing. Those EU member states who talk up their contribution to development are now blocking the most significant steps the global community could take in years to create new opportunities for the world's poorest countries.

I've seen the reports and, yes, our consular officials from Cairo are currently seeking to confirm those reports and to provide consular assistance to the Australian women, but there are not too many more details available,

We welcome this announcement, ... The Australian government has announced a judicial inquiry on this matter and it is common sense to let that process run its course.

We must reaffirm and strengthen our political commitment to conclude this round.

The U.S. proposal is a good start. We now need to push forward to achieve real progress in lowering barriers to agricultural trade,

The reconstruction contract will result in significant export income (for Australia) and a number of employment opportunities in Iraq and Australia,

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.

They need to understand they are threatening the future of global trade and cheating millions of the world's poor out of new hope, ... It's not enough for them to provide aid and debt relief when the benefits of liberalizing trade are so much greater.

I don't believe the meeting should be postponed, even if the EU does not put forward a better proposal, ... I believe that the EU and France would need to account for their actions before the parliament of world opinion.

In the December round of talks, there will be detailed negotiations on draft chapters of the agreement on services and investment and the first in-depth consideration of market access for goods. It will be our third round of talks since we started negotiations in March this year,