Glyn Ford Quotes (3 Quotes)

The commission had no alternative than to let the textiles through the ports. As the commissioner said - who would pay for the mountains of trousers and pullovers if we sent them back to China But this situation should have been anticipated and avoided.

We are talking about drift nets the size of football pitches, trailed between two boats, scooping up everything in their way. Dolphins breathe air so if they get tangled up in nets and kept under water they drown.

China, the host of the talks, and South Korea said that the deal was far from dead. But with the contentious issues of inspections, disarmament and the timing of concessions still to be decided, the negotiators still face months, if not years, of work. This is clearly progress, but it is just a first step in a long march. The devil will be in the detail, ... Anyone who thinks it is over is very much mistaken.