Mr. Angel Gurria

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  MELBOURNE, Aug 3 (Bernama) -- OECD head Angel Gurria will attend a high-level financial meeting in Melbourne over the next two days, dedicated to removing international market barriers.
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  Gurria, secretary-general of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will take part along with top ranking APEC and World Bank officials and high-level business representatives.

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  OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria expressed concern Thursday at a "protectionist mood" in the US Congress, saying it could threaten planned trade pacts with South Korea and other countries.
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  "There is a protectionist mood which worries us," Gurria told reporters."This mood was accentuated in the (presidential primary) campaign. "Now, people say a lot of things in campaigns but still it was a leitmotif-it came back all the time." Gurria said he does not believe recent street protests in Seoul against the resumption of US beef imports endanger the separate and wider FTA. He called the FTA deal important for both countries, adding: "I don't think anyone is going to let this drop." But he cautioned that it would be necessary to watch events in Congress. Gurria said speeches to audiences who fear the loss of factory jobs could win votes."The problem is, of course, that this comes back to haunt you because people say, what are you going to do about it?" The head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said he hoped Congress would ratify trade pacts with Korea and other countries.He also urged a successful end to the Doha round of world trade liberalisation talks."If we cannot do Doha, it will be very difficult to do climate change or the fight against poverty, or deal with energy in a more efficient way." The Doha deal was "a very good way of helping developing countries," he said, but cautioned that in general: "Too many people are succumbing to temptation of an easy speech against free trade." Gurria, visiting South Korea for an OECD conference on the Internet, urged Koreans not to worry excessively at their slowing growth rate.The OECD forecasts growth of 4.3 percent this year, recovering to five percent by 2009. Growth last year was five percent. Gurria said even 4.3 percent was way above the OECD average and Koreans should not "rend their clothes" over the figure. "Korea has had a good ride ...I think they got the diagnosis right," he said.

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  "Given that this infrastructure has become critical to our economies and societies, we should all engage in developing better, more broad-based, governance arrangements and policies," said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría in the closing session.
  
  He called for a new approach to drawing up these policies."A more decentralised, networked approach to policy formulation for the Internet economy that includes the active participation of stakeholders.">
  
  It had been 10 years since the landmark Ottawa OECD Ministerial Meeting on E-Commerce, he said, but "we cannot talk about the importance of the Internet every ten years which is an eternity in Internet time."He pledged to review progress on the declaration within three years.

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  OECD General Secretary Angel Gurria (L) greets European

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  OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría told reporters in releasing the 72-page report that "we do not expect the current price levels to last" but that "the average of most agricultural commodity prices over the next 10 years will still exceed the average of the previous decade by about 10 to 50 percent in real terms, depending on the commodity you look at."

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  OECD head Angel Gurria, at his side, added: "The end of cheap food in a world where half the population lives with less than two dollars a day is a source of grave concern."
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  But the average of most agricultural commodity prices over the next 10 years will still exceed the average of the previous decade by 10 to 50 percent, depending on the commodity," Gurria said.
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  Gurria also called for the "swift and ambitious" conclusion of the Doha trade talks.
  
  "As yields return to normal and farmers respond to higher prices, supply will expand and bring prices down," he said."That, in turn, will tone down the panic reactions both by market participants and by some governments, which have contributed to exacerbate prices."
  
  "But after the 'spike in the hike' disappears, the more permanent factors will come into play," he said, noting high oil prices and growing biofuel production.

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  OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria, at his side, added: "The end of cheap food in a world where half the population lives with less than two dollars a day is a source of grave concern."
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  But the average of most agricultural commodity prices over the next 10 years will still exceed the average of the previous decade by 10 to 50 percent, depending on the commodity," Gurria said.

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  Moreover, creating and sustaining the will to reform is a critical ingredient of successful public sector reform," commented Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), regarding the work stream.

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  President George W. Bush (C) is shown the grounds of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by the organization's Secretary General Angel Gurria (R) alongside U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) before Bush delivered remarks there in Paris, June 13, 2008
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  President Bush talks with Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, prior to delivering a speech before the organization, Friday, June 13,2008, in Paris.

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  But the biggest drama is the impact of higher food prices on the poor," Angel Gurria, head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, told Reuters.
  
  In Gurria's native Mexico, tens of thousands took to the streets last year over the cost of tortillas, a national staple whose price rocketed in tandem with the price of corn (maize).

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