249 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will seek that the EU work with the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries either to achieve at the WTO an extension of the Cotonou waiver or to change GATT Article XXIV in order that Europe can continue to give preferential access to poor countries; and his views on whether, in view of the fact that the EU 25 plus the ACP 77 constitute the vast majority of WTO members, this approach is not preferable to pushing ahead with reciprocal economic partnership agreements. [14153/05]

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249 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will seek that the EU work with the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries either to achieve at the WTO an extension of the Cotonou waiver or to change GATT Article XXIV in order that Europe can continue to give preferential access to poor countries; and his views on whether, in view of the fact that the EU 25 plus the ACP 77 constitute the vast majority of WTO members, this approach is not preferable to pushing ahead with reciprocal economic partnership agreements. [14153/05]

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