It is a forum in which developing countries have to struggle in an uneven and unequal contest with powerful vested interests in developed countries.

There's a freight shortage at the moment. They're going to struggle getting a lot of it over there.

If someone had suggested investing in commodities five years ago it would have made a great deal of economic sense.

We have often failed to deploy sufficient resources to actually make a real difference to the performance of, and activities within, industrial sectors.

If we are to make progress, it is essential that our partners (the US) show much greater flexibility than they have up to now.

This is a political and social triumph as well as a union triumph and shows that our struggle has not been in vain.