Article 133 of the treaty confers on the European Union authority to negotiate trade for the Union, mandated by the member states and accountable to the European Parliament, on the global stage. Article 133 is good for this State because it is the largest exporter of software in the world. The greatest threat to the software industry is piracy and we rely on our negotiating strength in the WTO to protect intellectual property, the real value of software, from piracy abroad. Having muscle in such a body provides muscle for Irish jobs. Isolation would not work for us. Someone has perverted the EU capacity to negotiate in the World Trade Organisation into a scare story.