Our worry is how to create the conditions in which the Uruguay round can be closed.
Progress in the Uruguay Round will be kept under close political review.
By contrast, he said, the Uruguay Round took about eight years from start to the beginning of implementation.
Rhetoric about the importance of the Uruguay Round is not good enough.
"I'm not here to tell you that the Uruguay Round is now in the bag," he said.
Just two years ago, more than 100 nations completed the Uruguay Round of global trade talks.
The Uruguay Round is beginning to take on the flavor of trade union bargaining.
If the bill were to become law, the Uruguay Round would collapse, with staggering economic costs.
December's meeting showed conclusively that the Uruguay round cannot be completed without a deal on agriculture.
Besides, the end of the Uruguay Round is no time for bickering.