"del sector textil" in English

Therefore, these countries will have unrestricted access to EU markets.

What we must do is suspend and reverse the current policies on trade liberalisation.

I should like to highlight some of the points in the motion for a resolution tabled by Mrs Ferrer:

Mr President, I sincerely welcome the outcome of the European Commission’ s negotiations with the Chinese authorities.

We are opposed both to the protectionist measures introduced in the spring and to those proposed in this report.

Secondly, it is now 2005, which means that at the end of the year, we will have the WTO negotiations in Hong Kong.

In many factories, the workers, including many children, are required to work under appalling conditions.

The inclusion of an approach aimed especially at SMEs has been suggested, as the latter account for 90 % of industries of this type.

With regard to industrial policy at the sectoral level, the Commission is putting together a package of activities to address the sectoral dimension of industrial competitiveness.

Until such time as they are, the tough battle between enterprises will claim ever more new victims in the form of mass redundancies and unacceptable working conditions.

Following the tsunami, the Commission has been keen to act quickly to provide relief for the countries affected in the Indian Ocean.

This also needs to be combined with an action plan and with the adoption of a firm timetable so that activities can get under way before the end of 2004 and above all, before it is too late.

It would also be a good idea to conduct awareness campaigns in favour of ‘ conscious consumption’ to help European consumers to choose products via legible and clear labelling.