71 Mr. Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which, in view of the widespread concerns that developing countries will not have the negotiating ability to deal with the proposed widening of the WTO trade negotiations to include the four areas of investment, Government procurement, competition and trade facilitation, the Government can justify its stated policy of including these four new Singapore issues in the upcoming WTO negotiations; and her views on whether including these four areas in the WTO remit could restrict developing countries from using their natural comparative advantages in their economic development strategy. [12367/03]

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71 Mr. Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which, in view of the widespread concerns that developing countries will not have the negotiating ability to deal with the proposed widening of the WTO trade negotiations to include the four areas of investment, Government procurement, competition and trade facilitation, the Government can justify its stated policy of including these four new Singapore issues in the upcoming WTO negotiations; and her views on whether including these four areas in the WTO remit could restrict developing countries from using their natural comparative advantages in their economic development strategy. [12367/03]

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