The talks (with the union) are continuing and they have been constructive, but we don't have anything definitive to announce yet.

There have been constructive talks between the E.U. and China, and the two sides are broadly in the same place about how to deal with the overshoot in certain textile quotas. But there are still important aspects still to be reached.

Our recent engagement with the union has been conducted in a constructive and open atmosphere, and I look forward to this continuing.

We have asked Norway to announce a fresh date for the talks because we are going to have a central committee meeting before that.

If the Europeans are serious in continuing negotiations we would have no problem resuming the talks.

We're not going to be part of a union bust out there. That's not what this is all about.