Brussels, 13/11/2006 Key points he will stress in the debate with Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson include:

Brussels, 13/11/2006

Brussels, 05/10/2006 Following the suspension of World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations and the crisis within the international institutions, European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has failed to resist the temptation to enter into bilateral accords, which give growing power to the strongest parties. The ETUC believes that the EU is in danger of missing a historic opportunity to use its capacity to promote development and fair international exchange, to create the basis for a new approach to external relations.

Brussels, 25/07/2006 The Doha Round should have been the development round, especially for the poorest countries. The breakdown in negotiations reveals a blind stubbornness, in particular on the part of the richest nations and now some emerging countries, which have tried to insist on acquiring competitive advantages in areas that are key to their own interests.

Brussels, 07/07/2006 To be checked against delivery Hardly a day goes by without European workers being reminded of China's competitive strengths, by employers, governments - and, dare I say it, by the European Commissioner for Trade. China is presented as the inescapable face of globalisation. But, in this debate, globalisation sometimes becomes an argument that social Europe is no longer affordable and is a barrier to necessary reforms and to competitiveness.

Brussels, 14-15/06/2005 {{ {Introductory remarks } }} In its Communication, the European Commission deals with the questions of restructuring and employment and at the same time launches the second phase of consultation of the European social partners on company restructuring and European Works Councils.

Brussels, 05/07/2006 The unions will urge the Russian Head of State to introduce labour rights and jobs into the G8 talks as “transversal issues” in the summit discussions on energy, education and health. They will also be raising major rights abuses such as those in Russia's neighbouring country Belarus, and will press President Putin, as G8 leader, to use his influence to achieve respect for workers' fundamental rights.

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Helsinki, 05/06/2006 To be checked against delivery President, delegates, fellow guests. As Lauri knows, my Finnish is excellent but my English is better. If you believe all that, you will believe anything! So with some regret, I proceed in my mother tongue of English and must leave the language of Sami Hyypia to you. I have long admired this trade union federation and its affiliates. The Nordic model, and its Finnish variant, is the most successful trade union model anywhere in the world.

Brussels, 23/05/2006

Brussels, 2004

Brussels, 2003

Brussels, 18/11/2005 THE GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION AGAINST POVERTY (GCAP) www.whiteband.org AND THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ETUC) www.etuc.org {{ MEDIA ADVISORY WHEN AND WHERE}} {{Monday 21st November 2005, 11:30am in front of the Council Building WHAT

Brussels, 27/06/05 The ETUC regrets that once again the European Union is making liberalisation proposals of services markets to the WTO without the involvement of social partners and without a serious assessment of all the implications for Europe and for the developing countries having been made previously.

Brussels, 09-10 June 2004 1. The ETUC Executive Committee read with interest the Communication from the European Commission on the social dimension of globalisation and its assessment of the report by the ILO World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation.