Christin Baker Quotations

The re-imposition of sanctions will cause the EC to be perceived by Congress as not recognizing the tremendous efforts made to comply with our WTO obligations. New EC sanctions will reinforce the perception that the EU is primarily acting in response to the U.S. filing of a WTO compliant against Airbus subsidies.

The talks are going to continue today with the questions of market access, both on industrial tariffs and on agriculture.

The decision will be made when the United States and Egypt together deem it to be the most appropriate way to move the relationship forward.

The members agreed to the standard set in July 2004, which is substantial improvement in market access. The EU offer doesn't get us there.

We will move forward as long as at least one country is prepared, and will accommodate new entrants as they become ready. We want to reward countries as they become ready and look forward to continued progress with the others. Countries can continue to enjoy existing preferences while they work with the United States to come on board.

The very subsidies that they're concerned about are the ones that we're proposing to eliminate.

We have had extensive conversations with China on this issue and we have worked through the process in trying to bring a resolution through talks.

The United States hopes that differences can be narrowed by looking at concrete data, and moving from a theoretical discussion to real scenarios.

This is a negotiation between the United States and the Republic of Korea. Its provisions will apply to goods originating within the territories of the two parties.

We expect the meeting to deliver on some important objectives, but China has a tremendous amount of work to do given the imbalance in our relationship.