My frank assessment is if we can't pull it together next week ... then it will be very difficult to pull together other areas like services and nonagricultural market access in time for a successful Hong Kong meeting,
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As a mature trading partner, China should be held accountable for its actions and required to live up to its responsibilities, including opening markets and enforcing intellectual property rights. We will use all options available to meet this challenge.Rob Portman
We've been very aggressive on the enforcement side. We ought to aggressively enforce our laws with regard to unfair trade and we will continue to do that.
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Based on all available information, piracy and counterfeiting remain rampant in China despite years of engagement on this,
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I do believe that the promise of Doha hangs in the balance. I believe the time is too short for us to have wasted weeks, and I believe that unless we see progress soon, it will be very difficult to envision a successful Hong Kong meeting and a successful completion of the round at the end of 2006.
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If we can't agree next week on agriculture, I can't see how we'll meet the December deadline, ... The clock is ticking.
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Time is running short. We cannot let this opportunity pass.
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