158. The representative of New Zealand said that his delegation disagreed with the European Communities' assessment that these issues needed to wait for a new modalities decision. He said that the ministers had already given clear guidance, twice, on modalities for this negotiation. The mandate was clear. Members had spent a lot of time debating the mandate in the past and were now in a situation where there was good momentum in the negotiations. He would therefore welcome the European Communities giving some thought to how they would see the cluster 3 elements unfold under their approach to the cluster 1 elements. That would allow delegations to carefully think through how their proposal would work.
