House debates

Monday, 23 June 2008

Questions without Notice

Trade

2:58 pm

Photo of Simon CreanSimon Crean (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

this will be a great outcome. This is the best opportunity ever to achieve that end.

I might say in conclusion that, as important as concluding the Doha Round is, it will not be the end of where we need to take the trade agenda. It will provide the new basis, a new platform, on which we can engage the regional architecture as well as the bilateral relationships. The commitment of this government is to do everything necessary to conclude this round because it is in the interests of securing the economic future of this nation and doing it in a way that secures it beyond simple reliance on a resources boom.

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