Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PCis a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. He served as Member of Parliamentfor Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 October 1953
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advance among concrete ourselves run simply terms time today week
If we do not advance this negotiation in concrete terms this week -- and among ourselves today -- we will have to acknowledge that we may simply run out of time for Hong Kong,
developing needs open push
SA needs to push the G-20 (Group of 20 developing nations) to open their markets.
motion procedures
I have set in motion procedures to unblock the goods.
exaggerate kong meeting
I do not exaggerate when I say that the Hong Kong ministerial meeting is on a knife-edge,
defining expected meeting reasonably
Our meeting has been useful, not in narrowing the differences but in defining them, ... I feel we have done everything we could reasonably be expected to do in agriculture.
aggressive bulk coincide countries developing interests producing pushed sort whose
have been pushed into a sort of agricultural siding by some very aggressive agricultural producing countries whose interests do not necessarily coincide with the bulk of developing countries.
engage prepared
I'm prepared to engage with them on this subject, but not in isolation.
offered sorts stance view
offered all sorts of positive, well-meaning, in my view misguided, justifications for a stance that is ... backward-looking, inward-looking, protectionist.
round scale
If we scale back in Hong Kong, we should not scale back for the round as a whole. It is too important.
confident government hopeful inclusive ireland last northern peace prize ultimate within
I feel hopeful and confident that the ultimate prize -- stable, inclusive government in Northern Ireland and an unbreakable peace -- will at long last be within our grasp.
determine hesitate kong next position success term week whether
I always hesitate to use the term make-or-break, but I think next week will determine whether we can get into the position of making Hong Kong a success or not.
moved-on politician blair
I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.
europe ideas
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
politician throwing high-ground
Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.