EU gjorde ikke nok i Doha og gør ikke nok i forslaget om de såkaldte modaliteter for den forhandlingsrunde om handelen med landbrugsprodukter, som finder sted efter Doha. Beskyttelsesniveauet er stadig for højt, og der går alt for lang tid, inden tarifferne bliver sat ned.
In this regard, the European Union - and this is why I am happy to listen to the Commissioner - is not doing enough, it has to be said; it is going through the motions with the United States, but it is not doing enough: it did not do enough in Doha and it is not doing enough in the proposal on what are known as the modalities for the negotiating round concerning trade in agricultural products, which will follow Doha, maintaining excessively high protection levels and still including tariffs which will be reduced too far in the future.