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South-East Asia and Europe: The New Partnership
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South East Asia is a dynamic actor in global trade. It is a region of great diversity in terms of cultures, peoples, languages and religions. Its level of wealth however, very much differs from a country to another: the GDP per capita of Singapore is ¯23.000 whereas that of Laos is ¯340. Europe and South East Asia share many common interests and the European Commission has defined a new strategy for reinforcing its relations with this region. This is what this film is about. We follow the story of Ms Lan, a busy Vietnamese businesswoman. As the Director of Craft Link, the biggest fair trade cooperative in Hanoi, she manages about twenty people and exports craftwork to Europe. She receives the visit an Italian entrepreneur willing to buy her products. In its relationships with South East Asia, Europe is now determined to look beyond the economy in order to improve collaboration in the struggle against terrorism and crime, the promotion of human rights, the management of migratory flows, as well as in the fields of science and the new technologies.
And we'll see you in about five minutes.
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Len is a very busy woman.
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As director of Craftlink, the biggest fair trade cooperative in Hanoi, she manages about
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twenty people.
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Business is going well, sales are increasing, and thanks to Craftlink, over five thousand
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Vietnamese craftspeople are finding markets, particularly in Europe.
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We create something with two purpose.
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The first is to help revive the traditional culture of different ethnic groups in Vietnam.
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And the second purpose is to help them earn more income through the handicraft production.
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That's our two goals.
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Today, Craftlink's turnover is close to a million euros.
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Exports keep growing, mainly to Europe.
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In Europe, our biggest market is Italy and other countries in Europe as well.
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In recent three years, we focus on European market.
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The products sold by Craftlink can be found literally everywhere in Europe.
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Here in the Italian town of Bra, a few miles outside Turin, the Libero Mondo organization
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has set up its warehouses.
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It has many shops in Italy which sell Craftlink's products.
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Luca works for Libero Mondo.
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Tomorrow he's flying to Vietnam, where he'll be meeting Lan and visiting producers.
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We undertake these journeys in order to better know our partners and their producers, in
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order to understand their structure better, to know their activity, and also to support
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them with the possible development of new products, of new markets, and through a better
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knowledge of their production, to achieve a better cooperation with their structure.
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Luca and Lan have got to know each other on the phone and by e-mail.
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Today, they are meeting and getting to know each other better.
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Lan has organized various visits throughout Vietnam.
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Next stop, three producers in the suburbs of Hanoi.
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These kids in difficulties learn the craft of stone carving.
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Craftlink buys their products.
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Bamboo furniture is a successful export item for Craftlink, as well as ceramics from this
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producer.
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We have to offer products that are typically Vietnamese and combine our strong points with
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the demands of foreign consumers, so that we can offer an output that meets export demands
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well.
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You can see the workshop now, it just opened for almost six or seven months.
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They built up the new workshop, so it's a sign to prove that they are successful and
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we are very happy with that.
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We help them to export many of their products to Europe at the moment.
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The quality of this producer's ceramics is the key to their success, particularly in
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Austria, where the Weltladen shops, which are similar to those of Liberomondo, do a
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lot of business with Craftlink, as well as other producers in Southeast Asia.
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From Thailand, we buy rice, then we buy from Vietnam different handicrafts, from the Philippines
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dried fruits and also handicrafts, then we buy from Laos rice and from Indonesia also
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handicrafts, five different countries with different producer groups.
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In this part of Asia, we cooperate with Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.
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The European Union isn't just Craftlink's main export market, it's also a key economic
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partner for the whole of Southeast Asia.
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Its importance has increased still more since enlargement, when ten new countries joined
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the Union, taking the number of members up to 25.
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These 25 countries now share their lives and their power.
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Eniko Landeburu, Director General for External Relations, explains.
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In the wake of enlargement, we now have 450 million citizens, with a fairly high standard
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of living in comparison to the rest of the world, with a first or second major economic
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power in the world producing about 25% of the world's wealth.
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And Asia, which is a very dynamic group of countries, can build on its dynamism and have
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an altogether special economic, commercial and political relationship with Europe.
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The European reality means that Asia doesn't depend on one great power alone, on the USA,
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and that it can diversify its contacts and links in the world.
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It also means that these countries can export, as indeed they do to this relatively wealthy
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market, goods and products which can be beneficial for economic growth and employment in Asia.
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The enlargement of the European Union in some cases frightens Europe's partners, but the
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enlarged Europe represents enormous potential for Southeast Asia.
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And after a short period of adaptation, the European Union has become ASEAN's third most
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important trading partner.
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The Thai or Vietnamese entrepreneur, for example, who arrives in France to do business, can
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from there sell his or her product in nearly the whole of Europe, because there are no
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borders.
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There are no differential customs duties between the countries.
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And in 12 of these 25 countries, there is the same currency.
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So the entrepreneur is in a position to reach hundreds of millions of citizens by landing
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anywhere in Europe.
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That's the great revolution of economic Europe.
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We have eliminated borders.
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Back to Vietnam, the night train takes Lan and Lucan north, destination Sapa, where a
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community made up of both the Hmong and Cao ethnic minorities is producing embroidery.
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Once again, Lucan has discussions with the craftspeople and checks the quality of their
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work.
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In the weeks to come, he will place an order with Craftlink, and he is also expecting to
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increase his imports from Vietnam.
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One example among many of the strength of trading relations between the European Union
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and Southeast Asia.
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Marcus Cornaro, head of the delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam.
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Both of us share the appreciation of the richness of cultural diversity, very eager to engage
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in trade, and this irrespective of very different religious and linguistic backgrounds.
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And evidently the European Union has an interest to capitalize on that as Southeast Asia picks
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up after the financial crisis.
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And we see that in many countries that indeed it has recovered very well.
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The European Union has common institutions.
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It brings a common project to all its members, a project which is not limited to the economic
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sphere.
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It is also encouraging this process of integration in Southeast Asia by supporting ASEAN and
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ASEAN's regional forum, which should eventually play a major role in conflict resolution.
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This approach, based on partnership and multilateralism, distinguishes the EU from other world powers.
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The EU, the largest provider of development aid in the world, works alongside developing
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countries, requiring that development be placed at the center of the WTO's concerns.
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The European Commission has also defined a new strategy for reinforcing its relations
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with Southeast Asia.
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It is determined to look beyond the economy to improve collaboration in the struggle against
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terrorism and crime, the promotion of human rights, the management of migratory flows,
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as well as in the fields of science and the new technologies.
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We need to see one another increasingly as political partners, which is what we're trying
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to do here.
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And there's another element of development which is very important.
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There is a lack of visibility, of knowledge, of Europeans in Southeast Asia and of people
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from Southeast Asia in Europe.
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So how can we succeed?
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Through information campaigns, student exchanges.
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This is what we want to promote in practical terms.
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More Asian students coming to Europe and, perhaps, more European students going to Asia.
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Because it's through personal links from citizen to citizen that connections are made and the
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foundations are laid for better dialogue and cooperation in the future.
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- Fecha:
- 11 de julio de 2007 - 12:29
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