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Transcript: Press Conference with President Bush and E.U. Leaders
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We talked about terrorism. We talked about visas. We talked about the need to continue to share information, to make sure that we cut off money flows to terrorist groups and prevent terrorist organizations from attaining weapons of mass destruction.
We talked about Iran. And I complimented the E.U., complimented Mr. Solana, as well as the foreign ministers from Great Britain and Germany and France, for sending a clear message to the leadership in Iran that we're not going to tolerate the development of a nuclear weapon.
BUSH: We talked about our collaborative efforts in Darfur. The E.U. and NATO are working together to help deploy A.U. peacekeepers in Darfur. And I want to thank our leadership here.
We talked about their economies. It's about a trillion dollars worth of trade that takes place on an annual basis between the E.U. and the United States. And that's important. It's important for people working here in the United States and people working in Europe to understand that trade helps keep people keep a job.
And I recognize that when there's that much trade, there's going to be disputes. But we'll work those disputes out, for the sake of our respective countries.
We're committed to the Doha round of the WTO. We're committed to trade that is fair and free.
We spent a lot of time talking about China and how to make sure that China understands there are WTO rules that must be adhered to and that China should work to do something with her currency so that the trade between our respective countries is fair.
That's all we want. We just want there to be a level playing field.
The people in Europe can compete and the people in the United States can compete if we have fair rules and fair trade. And so we talked about how we can work together to make sure that the world trades more freely and more fairly, for the sake of our peoples.
All in all, we've had a great discussion. I'm proud to welcome these two men here to the podium here in the East Room of the White House.
I want to thank you for coming. I want to thank you for your friendship.
Which one wants to go first?
