Dáil debates
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Trade Relations
2:00 pm
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
I appreciate the intent of the question. However, I will add a caveat. When we are a party to free trade agreements, we need to ensure the natural resources of a developing country are not handed over to private enterprise in exchange for its participation in our markets. In recent decades there have been bad experiences, to say the least, with these agreements. How do we protect the long-term interests of the developing countries that engage with us?
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