It is hard to see where progress can be achieved in Hong Kong if the talks continue in this direction. The level of ambition, if anything, is going backwards.
It is hard to see where progress can be achieved in Hong Kong if the talks continue in this direction. The level of ambition, if anything, is going backwards.
Progress is certainly needed if we are going to make Hong Kong the success we want, ... But if that is going to be possible, we must make urgent and balanced progress across the whole agenda.
There is progress in agriculture, even though we are still looking for further commitments from others. However, this progress is not matched in industrial goods or services. This lack of balance is a real problem and points to the ground we need to make up at Hong Kong.
Progress does not depend on unilateral moves by particular players but on what everyone can put into the mix together. I have a fairly good idea of where Europe can end up eventually but moving the EU will really depend not just on our red lines, but the overall balance.
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,
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