WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE / SINGAPORE / 9-13 December 1996
STATEMENT BY KEIDANREN AND UNICE^#1

13 December 1996

• European and Japanese business have been represented in Singapore to demonstrate their continuing support for the WTO's efforts to promote the multilateral liberalisation of trade and investment.

• We believe that the conclusions reached by Ministers カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 final Declaration, while being a compromise, will both further strengthen the multilateral trading system and set a path for the future.

• The full implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements and the reaffirmation of the forward work-programme they contain, including the unfinished work on telecommunications and financial services, withカジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 agreed deadlines, is of overriding importance.

• We welcome the determination of governments to abide by the rules of the WTO and to settle any disputes within WTO procedures.

• The companies we represent have a major stake カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 multilateral trading system and the success of the WTO. We shall be evaluating the conclusions reached in Singapore in more detail カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 coming months, but already we can warmly welcome:
  • the full participation カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 Conference by all WTO Members and applicant countries;
  • thカジノ シークレット 出 金 方法ntention to make membership of the WTO truly global as soon as possible;
  • the renewed commitment to fully and effectively implement the existing WTO Agreements;
  • the decisions to include investment, government procurement, competition, trade facilitation, カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 WTO work-programme and to continue work both on trade and environment and the relationship between regional and multilateral trade regimes;
  • the Ministerial Declaration on tradカジノ シークレット 出 金 方法n information technology products with the aim of covering a wide range of products and the maximum number of countries;
  • the decision to support work on core labour standards カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 ILO, in which we will cooperate;
  • the agreements reached on cooperation between the WTO and both the World Bank and thカジノ シークレット 出 金 方法MF which offer the prospect of greater coherencカジノ シークレット 出 金 方法n economic policies.

• We are determined to continue to monitor developments closely カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 coming period and to work together to promote all efforts to secure liberalisation of world trade and investment. We firmly believe that multilateral liberalisation withカジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 WTO is カジノ シークレット 出 金 方法 interests of business and industry not only in our countries but in all countries of the world.

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Japan

Keidanren(Japan Federation of Economic Organisations)

Europe

UNICE(Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe)