Development and Trade

The PES has launched a cooperation network between PES Development policy Ministers and party spokespersons chaired by Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD), Coordinator of the PES Development Ministers Network and German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development.

• PES Development Ministers call for development oriented economic partnership agreements, 14 March 2007
  
• "Development promises not achieved at the WTO. EU bears responsibility", Statement of PES President on the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, Hong Kong (13-18 December 2005), 19 December 2005
  
• World Trade and Decent Work, by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Guy Ryder, Giampiero Alhadeff and Willy Thys. Article published on 16 December 2005 in Le Monde newspaper
• PES statement on WTO , adopted at the PES Presidency, 1 December 2005

• “The new EU Development Policy Statement: The PES wants an Action plan and clear commitments, not just good intentions and empty promises”, declaration of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, PES President, and Carin Jämtin,  Coordinator of the PES Development Ministers Network, 21 November 2005

• A New Agenda for European Development Co-operation , report by the PES Development Group, March 1999